POSITION DESCRIPTION Position Title: Disability Support Worker Department: Operations Immediate Manager: Team Leader Manager One Removed: Operational Manager The Organisation OAK Tasmania (trading as OAK Possability) is a state-wide Tasmanian non-profit organisation, providing a range of quality individual and flexible support options, supported accommodation, employment and training, respite and intensive support for people with disability and children and young people with a history of adversity. OAK Tasmania (trading as OAK Possability) has a vision for a world where everyone has the opportunity to pursue their potential. We are catalysts for change in the broader community and in the lives of the people we serve. We believe that freedom and independence are fundamental human rights. Through our actions and conversations we are champions for inclusion. OAK Tasmania (trading as OAK Possability) is committed to providing a quality service designed to be responsive and flexible to individual needs. We do this by removing barriers, increasing options, developing skills and lobbying for change to enable people to achieve their personal goals and achieve their vision of a good life. Position Purpose To provide clients with high quality support and care that addresses individual needs, and enhances independence, abilities, community participation and/or quality of life in support of the client’s individual goals and aspirations. Operating Context At this level a Support Worker provides direct care assistance for OAK Possability clients and their families. Within the defined limits of this role and for a defined period of time a Support Worker at this level, may be required to provide limited guidance to a limited number of employees of a lower classification (including work allocation) as part of the delivery of support services. Within the defined limits of this role and for a defined period of time, a Support Worker at this level may also be required to provide limited guidance to a new employee being inducted into the workplace who may be of the same or lower classification level. Autonomy This position reports to the immediate supervisor of the relevant program in which the Support Worker is working. The performance of this position is subject to guidance on a day by day basis from the immediate supervisor.
POSITION DESCRIPTION Position Title: Disability Support Worker Department: Operations Immediate Manager: Team Leader Manager One Removed: Operational Manager The Organisation OAK Tasmania (trading as OAK Possability) is a state-wide Tasmanian non-profit organisation, providing a range of quality individual and flexible support options, supported accommodation, employment and training, respite and intensive support for people with disability and children and young people with a history of adversity. OAK Tasmania (trading as OAK Possability) has a vision for a world where everyone has the opportunity to pursue their potential. We are catalysts for change in the broader community and in the lives of the people we serve. We believe that freedom and independence are fundamental human rights. Through our actions and conversations we are champions for inclusion. OAK Tasmania (trading as OAK Possability) is committed to providing a quality service designed to be responsive and flexible to individual needs. We do this by removing barriers, increasing options, developing skills and lobbying for change to enable people to achieve their personal goals and achieve their vision of a good life. Position Purpose To provide clients with high quality support and care that addresses individual needs, and enhances independence, abilities, community participation and/or quality of life in support of the client’s individual goals and aspirations. Operating Context At this level a Support Worker provides direct care assistance for OAK Possability clients and their families. Within the defined limits of this role and for a defined period of time a Support Worker at this level, may be required to provide limited guidance to a limited number of employees of a lower classification (including work allocation) as part of the delivery of support services. Within the defined limits of this role and for a defined period of time, a Support Worker at this level may also be required to provide limited guidance to a new employee being inducted into the workplace who may be of the same or lower classification level. Autonomy This position reports to the immediate supervisor of the relevant program in which the Support Worker is working. The performance of this position is subject to guidance on a day by day basis from the immediate supervisor.
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