A great support worker can change your life.
To a person with disability or special healthcare needs, this is the difference between merely receiving the help you need and receiving the help you deserve.
How does a great support worker do the latter? Simple. It’s all about finding the perfect match.
We’ve written this article to highlight the importance of finding the perfect support worker for you or for your loved ones, and how you can get there.
What is a support worker?
According to the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission, the authority that works to improve the quality and safety of NDIS supports and services, a support worker is:
“Anyone who is employed or otherwise engaged to provide NDIS supports and services to people with disability. They can be paid or unpaid, self-employed, employees, contractors, consultants or volunteers.”
Support workers look after the health and welfare of people with disability or special healthcare needs.
Depending on the needs of the person they are looking after, the day-to-day job of a support worker can range from personal care, household tasks, daily life task support, transport aid, to a much wider range of services.
While a good support worker can look after your basic needs, a great support worker that perfectly matches your requirements, specific needs, environment, and lifestyle is able to give you the life you truly deserve.
Imagine a life where the person who cares for you is not only technically qualified but is also easy to talk to.
Picture yourself being able to converse with someone who makes your daily routine not only bearable, but enjoyable.
Envision being taken care of by someone who not only sees you as a client, but sees you as a friend, or even better, family.
This is the difference between a good support worker and a great one – a relationship bonded by trust and respect.
A good support worker may treat you well because it is their job to do so, but a great support worker does so because they believe in your potential and in your future.
There are many qualified support workers out there who are trained to be great at what they do.
However, you can only find a great support worker that matches your needs when you know what you are looking for too.
Finding the perfect support worker can be a challenge however, not impossible.
To help you better understand how you can make this process easier, we have curated this short list of steps for you to follow:
Step 1: Discuss with DSU what you’re looking for in a support worker.
Step 2: Engage in a meet-and-greet with your allocated support worker.
Step 3: Provide honest and constructive feedback.
Here’s the bottom line – when you find a support worker that perfectly matches your specific needs, environment, and lifestyle, you go beyond getting the basics.
Instead, you free yourself of constant worry, encourage yourself to have fun, and enjoy your life to the best of your abilities with a support worker you fully trust and are comfortable with.
Bring out the best in you when you find a great support worker today.