Aged Care Support Worker. Casual – Hervey Bay

About the Organisation

Enhance the lives of older Australians by joining the Life Without Barriers team. Guided by every clientÂ’s individual needs and interests, our personalised in-home Aged Care services focus on empowering every person to maintain their home comforts, health, and connections within their community.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the Role

Actively support the individual needs of older Australians who access our Community Care Services around the Hervey Bay area. You will be a proactive and caring support worker who reflects the LWB values and is passionate about helping others. We have a Casual opportunity available with flexible working hours to suit your lifestyle, hours can be based between school hours if required (20 hours minimum a fortnight, with more hours on offer dependent on the candidates availability)

You will be required to provide predominantly domestic assistance, including assistance with washing clothes, vacuuming, dusting and other light cleaning duties. You will support multiple clients each day around Hervey Bay within their home, so a willingness to travel between houses is essential. We provide reimbursement per km travelled and you will also be paid for your time spent travelling between homes.

Key Responsibilities

• Domestic assistance including washing clothing and hanging out to dry, folding and ironing of clothes, changing of bed linen as required, and other light cleaning duties
• Provide support with community access to activities including medical appointments, shopping and social activities
• Provide assistance with personal care including showering, bathing, toileting, and grooming as identified in their Care Plan
• Building positive relationships with the people we support and their families

Benefits

• An opportunity to make a meaningful, positive impact in the lives of elderly Australians within your local community
• Work around your other commitments on a Monday to Friday roster, flexible hours available (between school hours where required), no evenings, weekends or sleepovers shifts!
• Hourly rate from $36.88 plus super for those who hold relevant qualifications
• Get reimbursed .92 cents per kilometre and time travelled while you work
• Receive up to $15,900 of your annual salary tax free through salary packaging benefits
• Access to discounts and benefits at selected retail outlets, cinemas, restaurants and more

Skills & Experience

• A current unrestricted Australian drivers licence and a reliable vehicle with minimum 3rd party insurance
• Certificate III in Individual Support or similar is required
• A current First Aid and CPR Certificate
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Willingness to support older Australians with completing domestic assistance duties

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).

To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with a minimum of two (2) doses or hold a valid medical exemption certificate, in accordance with Life Without Barriers Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Policy. You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process.

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Monica Saigi at recruitment@lwb.org.au

Applications close at midnight on Tuesday the 23rd of April 2024.

Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications are continuously reviewed prior to the closing date; and as such the closing date is subject to change without notice.