Disability Support Worker (Female). Casual - Palmyra and Thornlie

Empowering people with disability to live life the way they choose is at the heart of how Life Without Barriers has operated for over 25 years. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and continue this mission. Support people with disability to have the choice, control, and independence to live their best life. If you’re passionate about inclusivity, respect, and making a meaningful difference, this is the career move for you.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

Joining our team in Palmyra, Thornlie and surrounding suburbs on a casual basis, you will support various people with disability who access our community access supports.

We are looking for candidates who are able to quickly build positive relationships and are enthusiastic about providing active support and getting involved in the varying interests of the people accessing our services – this may range from getting involved in arts and crats, sports, shopping or accessing the community.

The successful candidate will have experience in a mental health support and must be available for a variety of casual shifts within community access supports in Palmyra and surrounding suburbs which may include short and last minute shifts.

• →Provide personal care
• →Follow person-centred support and behaviour plans
• →Facilitate client goal achievement through meaningful activities
• →Maintain thorough record keeping
• →Build positive relationships with clients, families and colleagues
• →Advocate for client choice and control

• Experience working with people with disability
• Experience in a mental health support role
• Previous experience working with behaviour support plans
• Experience with personal care and manual handling
• Strong computer and verbal and written communication skills
• An unrestricted Australian driver’s licence
• A current First Aid and CPR Certificate

At Life Without Barriers we consider gender a genuine occupational qualification for this position under Section 27 (2), (c), (e) and (g) of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984, and so we ask that only Female applicants apply.

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including a National Criminal History Record Check and obtain an NDIS Clearance.

Advertised: 18 May 2026 W. Australia Standard Time
Applications close: 31 May 2026 23:55 W. Australia Standard Time

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