To anyone familiar with the Disability Sector it comes as no surprise that disability Support Workers are the backbone of the industry. They are key piece to amazing support and without them nothing works. We offer flexible careers for disability Support Workers. No experience is required for most roles as we value your life experience! Join our disability support team now, or read on to find out about career benefits we have to offer.
At UDC, our journey to find the best possible workers never ends and we’re always looking for reliable, caring and passionate people to join our team. Our Support Workers are highly valued team members of our UDC family, who provide outstanding care to the people we support. We make sure that each of team members feels included and valued!
We pay our Support Workers under the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award (SCHADS), directly in line with the NDIS cost model. However, there are many different levels to this award and your classification level will depend upon your experience, qualifications, and whether you’re a permanent or a casual worker. We understand that awards and their interpretation can sometimes be very confusing, and we encourage our workers to always understand their individual circumstances and bring any questions or concerns to their supervisor or HR and always refer to the Fair Work guidelines.
Employee benefits for Support Workers jobs
At UDC, we are committed to be an employer of choice and we are always looking for additional ways to show our staff that they are supported and valued. We offer a wide range of employee benefits, including:
- Salary packaging options
- Competitive remuneration
- On-the-job training
- Upskilling and training opportunities
- Career progression opportunities
- Flexible working arrangements
- Mental Health services
- Permanent part-time and casual rosters
- Employee discounts from a huge range of retail stores
- Team building events
- Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
- And more…!
As a UDC Support Worker, you’ll be a valued team member in a company that wants to enrich the lives of the people we support in a best possible way. If you’re a person who wants to give back to the community and work as part of a dedicated team, you’ll fit in well with UDC.
Many of our employees have started out as Support Workers and progressed their careers within the company. Our career paths include progressing from Support Worker to Team Leader, and from Team Leader to Area Manager. Some Support Workers have even progressed into Support Coordination roles. If you have the drive and passion for the disability industry, the options for your career in the disability industry are wide open! We value formal qualification as well as life experience. Above all, we know lived, hands on experience can provide so many ways to deal with challenging situations and behaviours and that this invaluable experience cannot be replaced by a certificate on a wall.
Support Worker roles in Tweed Coast, Brisbane, Logan, Hunter Valley, Adelaide and the Gold Coast
We are always needing more Support Workers to fill positions in our main locations including Gold Coast, Logan, Brisbane, New South Wales North and Mid Coast, the Hunter Valley and Adelaide. With our largest cohort of workers needed in Tweed Heads and the Northern Rivers region.
Many people find their way into the disability industry as they enjoy helping people and being a part of the community. However, being a Support Worker is a very challenging but very rewarding career, for people who like to assist others to reach their goals. At UDC, our company mission is to help the people we support to ‘Love their lives and live their dreams’, and we’d like for our Support Workers to help our mission become a reality. Our Register your dream – campaign is open to all the people we support and helps them make their dreams come true! As a Disability Support Worker with UDC, you’ll have the opportunity to be a part of the dream activities for the people we support. For example, our Support Worker in the Northern New South Wales recently accompanied an NDIS participant to a football game and a Gold Coast Support Worker helped one of the people we support to fulfil his dream of safely riding a motorbike.
Support Worker – jobs in disability
All in all, at UDC we aim to offer fulfilling career paths and opportunities for Disability Support Workers. Our UDC team is highly committed to offering an outstanding work environment, competitive Support Worker salaries and career progression opportunities. Many of our current staff have been with us for more than five years. And still consider their careers in the disability industry highly rewarding. We conduct regular employee satisfaction surveys and always aim to better the lives of our employees. We have many Support Worker positions open at the moment, make sure to check any vacancies on our website!
