Updated on August 20, 2024
Working with disability support as a profession allows you to positively change people’s lives as you tend to their physical, emotional, and personal lives.
You are choosing to give people a fulfilling and rewarding life, making them feel seen, and that is the purpose of life itself; helping others.
REASONS PEOPLE CHOOSE TO WORK WITH DISABILITY SUPPORT
The reason for working with the disabled depends on the person.
Some grew up with disabled persons, and others experienced a life-changing event that showed them the plight of disabled individuals.
Similarly, some do this to find their purpose.
This can manifest in the form of confronting societal values, easing suffering, and eliminating barriers to provide a better life for disabled individuals.
Being committed to disability support goes beyond just deciding.
To be a disability support worker, it takes great commitment and one must have empathy, patience, and compassion.
These values are required when engaging with people who are disabled.
The disabled need your positive energy and love, and the ability to touch lives, and make positive changes in people’s lives, is a reward in itself.
In summary, the reasons for working with the disabled, are purely personal, and diverse, and prove that the path to fulfilment in one’s service, is in service to others.
BENEFITS OF CHOOSING TO WORK WITH DISABILITY SUPPORT
- A rewarding career
- Disability care will keep you busy and on the job
- Versatile career paths
- Opens newer opportunities
- Become more organized
- A rewarding career
As a disability worker, you work with people who need direct assistance.
By rendering help to them, you learn tolerance, patience, and resilience because they are delicate people.
While providing basic help such as bathing, getting groceries, and preparing meals, you will also provide companionship and emotional support.
In rendering these services, you will face challenges, and learn something new – about yourself and the disabled.
As a result, you will keep pushing yourself to do better, for yourself and your client. And this is life-changing in itself.
2. Disability care will keep you busy and on the job
If you are the type that does not want to sit at a desk all day, then disability care work is your go-to.
That is because you are often on your feet and on the move with your clients.
Disability workers may vary in different settings but if one thing is constant, it is movement.
Your clients will need help moving to respite homes, aged care facilities, and even schools.
Some workers visit their clients at home to provide care, while some live with them all around the clock.
3. Versatile career paths
As a disability worker, you will be helping your clients with a series of tasks.
These tasks range from a series of mobility support to personal grooming.
With this job, nothing remains the same, you are learning different things and are willing to help your patients in any way you can, to make sure they receive every support they can.
In the process, you are learning and acquiring different skills, which opens you to different fields.
4. Opens newer opportunities
There can be many opportunities for working as a disability worker. Job security is the main one.
As Australia is facing an aging population, the demand for aged care professionals is increasing by the day, even in the coming years.
5. You are more organized
As a disability worker, your main job priority is to be organized and manage a variety of tasks.
For this to be effective, you need to have a routine for yourself and your client.
From general tasks such as dressing and grooming to helping your clients get to their appointments on time, your organizational skills are paramount.
You never know where your disability career, may take you.
Bottom line
The journey into disability work is deeply personal and delicate.
Transitioning into this field takes a lot of commitment.
Disability support also requires abundant empathy, patience, and tolerance which you must have, before starting.
Looking for reliable and trustworthy care services?
At Centre Disability Support, we offer tailored support services for individuals with disabilities throughout Australia. We offer housing options in Logan, Ipswich and Brisbane areas, where we provide independent supported living or assist individuals in finding suitable options for individualised living.
Additionally, we provide day-to-day support for individuals with mental health issues, complex behaviour and other types of disabilities. We also have support coordinators available to assist with planning, navigating NDIS plans, and offering casework support.
Whether you’re seeking support for yourself, or a loved one, or simply wish to learn more about our services, we’re here to help.
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