A support worker is a professional carer who assists people with daily tasks. They can provide their services to those living with disability, elderly people, those experiencing mental health issues, children and youth with special needs and their families, or people living with chronic illness.
A support worker can help you:
- Keep a personalised self-care routine and manage personal hygiene tasks
- Manage a medication regimen effectively
- Perform household chores to maintain a clean and organised living space
- Prepare meals and acquire cooking skills
- Develop interpersonal skills to foster meaningful relationships
- Engage in hobbies and enjoyable pastimes
- Attend appointments, activities, and events
- Promote independence through daily activities
- Seeking gainful employment or pursue education
- Go on vacations and day trips
- Organise finances and a daily schedule
- Engage in prescribed therapy exercises
- Ensure mobility with appropriate manual handling
- Implement strategies from behavioural support plans
- Provide caregivers with respite care
- Assist participation in fitness routines for physical wellbeing
- Access mental health support for emotional wellbeing
Disability support workers can offer support in a wide range of locations, such as your home, at a community centre, in an aged care facility, out in the community.
While you don’t need a specific qualification to provide support to someone else, most support workers have qualifications or checks such as a Certificate III or IV in Disability or Individual Support, First Aid Certificate, CPR Certificate, Working with Children Check (WWCC), Working with Vulnerable People Check (WWVP), Police Check, or specialised training related to their duties.
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