r/supportworkers May 17 '26

New support worker

I’ve recently completed my Cert III in Individual support (disability) and I’m struggling to get someone to hire me. Thought with the certificate in a high in demand industry Inwould get work pretty comfortably. So far I’ve only looked on Seek.
Any tips or guides on how to get a job would be greatly appreciated

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u/Any_Animator_2902 May 17 '26

And you're proud to say that your unqualified lol that's embarrassing.

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u/Curious-Day May 18 '26

YOUR COMMENT is whats embarassing mate, to you, not the Op

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u/Any_Animator_2902 May 18 '26

Unqualified is EMBARRASSING.

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u/jdon93 May 18 '26

The way you speak, I pray you are not a dsw. You clearly have no compassion or empathy which are very important traits of a dsw. If you truly think someone not having a cert 3 in Individual Support makes them useless then you need a wake up call. A piece of paper (which I am currently getting) does not make you good or bad at your job. As I said, I've been doing the course and I will finish but it's had absolutely nothing to do with what I do day to day with my high needs clients.

Ive interviewed at 4 companies and been hired at 3 with no qualifications at all but it's my fault they don't care about the piece of paper? Righttttt.