Winning reasons to become a Disability Support Worker

Are you looking for a career that turns ordinary days into exceptional experiences? A career that allows you to build meaningful relationships in your local area, whilst fostering your own personal growth and fulfillment? If people have described you as a good listener, someone who is a role model, with a compassionate nature, consider a path in Disability Support Services – a truly rewarding career.

Why Choose a Career as a Disability Support Worker?

  1. Meaningful Impact on Lives: As a Disability Support Worker in Perth, you will have the incredible opportunity to work alongside a wide range of diverse individuals. Your role includes listening to each participant and empowering them to achieve their goals and be active members of their communities. You have the opportunity to inject fun into the lives of others whenever you go to work – how amazing is that!
  2. Personal Growth and Development: Working in Disability Support Services challenges you to develop a wide range of skills, including effective communication, problem-solving, empathy, and adaptability. You’ll learn to approach each situation with patience and creativity, finding innovative ways to support individuals with unique needs.
  3. Diverse and Inclusive Environment: In Disability Support Services, you will work with a diverse community of individuals with different abilities, backgrounds, and experiences. As you embrace diversity and inclusion as part of your daily interactions, you will learn more about the people and world around you than you ever thought possible!
  4. Building Meaningful Relationships: Being a part of Disability Support Services offers a unique opportunity to build strong, meaningful connections with the participants you support, their families, and your colleagues. Spending one-on-one time with participants or providing combined support with other Support Workers in Perth forms relationships that can last a lifetime.

Things sound good so far? With an increased demand for Disability Support Workers in Perth, Crosslinks has numerous opportunities for you to join our team.

Why join Crosslinks Disability Support Services?

  1. Training and Induction: Crosslinks ensures all new employees have a comprehensive induction program and appropriate training for the participants they will be supporting. Ongoing compliance training and development is also provided.
  2. FREE formal qualifications: employees are eligible to apply for selected certificate III and IV, and diploma courses as part of their employment with Crosslinks. Work towards a fast-tracked, nationally recognised formal qualification thanks to funding provided through the NDS ‘Disability Workforce Development and Retention Fund.’ Terms and conditions apply, find out more about our Fast Tracking a Skilled Workforce initiative here.
  3. Career advancement: Whether or not you choose to take part in the Fast Tracking initiative, Crosslinks Disability Support Services offers many career advancement opportunities. With the Fast Tracking initiative, if you already hold a formal qualification, you may be eligible to complete your Cert IV or Diploma in Disability, Aged Care or Community Services. With Crosslinks, you can complete these courses in a fraction of the time for free.

Take the first step towards an immensely rewarding career and get started with Crosslinks Disability Support Services today!

Read more about becoming a Disability Support Worker at Crosslinks here.

Please speak to our People and Culture team about any questions you have or for more information.

Email: [email protected]
Phone: (08) 9374 1600

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