Experienced Disability Support Worker Queensland - Rockhampton

The Best Outcomes Start With The Right Support Worker.

Why Join Kirinari?

Up to 5 Weeks Annual Leave*

Increase Your Take-Home Pay with Salary Packaging for part-time and full-time employees

Paid Buddy Shifts & Supported Onboarding

Career Pathways & Growth Opportunities

At Kirinari, we don’t just fill rosters.

We match the right people with the right customers, creating meaningful relationships,

stronger outcomes and more rewarding careers.

We’re seeking experienced Disability Support Workers who can provide calm, consistent and trauma-informed support to a customer with complex mental health and intellectual disability support needs.

If you remain composed under pressure, understand behaviour as communication and can follow detailed support strategies, this could be the role for you.

Why Support Workers Choose Kirinari

Positive Behaviour Support, Trauma-Informed & Therapeutic Practice Training

Multiple Customer-Specific Buddy Shifts

Career Development Opportunities

Permanent Part-Time & Casual Opportunities

We Match People, Not Just Rosters

Meaningful Relationships & Real Outcomes

Supportive Leaders Who Invest in Your Success

Opportunities to Develop Complex-Support Skills

We Match People. Not Just Rosters.

This Opportunity Would Suit Someone Who Is

Calm, patient and emotionally regulated

Experienced in mental health and intellectual disability support

Safety-conscious and alert to changing risks

Clear, respectful and non-confrontational

Flexible when engagement or presentation changes

Able to use appropriate humour to build rapport

Consistent in following support and safety plans

Compassionate while maintaining professional boundaries

Because meaningful relationships create meaningful outcomes.

The Role

This role is about creating physical and emotional safety, building trust gradually and providing support without judgement or confrontation.

You’ll Support a Customer To

• Maintain daily routines and wellbeing
• Participate in meaningful activities at home
• Build independence through patient, age-appropriate support
• Receive consistent and reassuring communication
• Exercise choice, dignity and control
• Engage with support at their own pace

You Will Also

• Follow Behaviour Support Plans, risk controls and agreed strategies
• Recognise triggers and early signs of distress
• Respond safely to verbal escalation, threats or behaviours that may present a physical risk
• Maintain appropriate observation and situational awareness
• Complete accurate progress notes and incident reports

We’re Looking For Someone Who Is

Experienced in complex mental health or intellectual disability support

Calm and non-confrontational during escalations

Able to maintain personal and customer safety

Observant and responsive to changing risks

Comfortable when planned support cannot proceed

Clear and consistent in communication

Accurate with documentation and incident reporting

Respectful of privacy and professional boundaries

Willing to complete multiple buddy shifts and all required training

Reliable, resilient and accountable

Start Supported

Every New Employee Receives

Multiple customer-specific buddy shifts

Support-plan and risk-management familiarisation

Trauma-informed and behaviour-support training

Ongoing coaching and access to experienced leaders

Opportunities to develop specialist capability

Essential Requirements

Demonstrated experience in complex mental health or intellectual disability support

NDIS Worker Screening Clearance, or willingness to obtain

Current Driver Licence

Australian working rights

Ability to follow detailed support and safety plans

Ability to respond safely to verbal and physical escalation

Strong documentation and incident-reporting skills

Willingness to complete all customer-specific training and buddy shifts

Commitment to trauma-informed, non-discriminatory and person-centred practice

Build More Than a Career

At Kirinari, we invest in customer-specific training, development and career pathways that help you grow while making a lasting difference.

Ready to Bring Calm, Skill and Consistency?

Apply today and join the Kirinari team.

Due to the high volume of applications, recruitment may commence before the closing date.

WHY WAIT? APPLY NOW!

You must have the right to live and work in Australia.

Kirinari embraces Equal Employment Opportunity and promotes a diverse workforce. We encourage applications from First Nations peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of all ages and abilities, and people with lived experience or knowledge of disability.