Home Care Worker

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Home Care Worker supporting Hornsby clients with domestic and personal aged-care services for Silverchain. Delivering companionship, mobility assistance, medication support and complex care in clients’ homes.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide aged care clients with home help services, including general housekeeping, making beds, cleaning, mopping, vacuuming, laundry, meal preparation and grocery shopping
  • Provide personal care, including getting clients out of bed, showered and dressed
  • Assist clients to take medications
  • Assist with mobility and therapy goals
  • Provide complex care for customers with high care needs, such as dementia
  • Provide social and emotional support
  • Transport clients to lifestyle activities or appointments
  • Help family carers take a break or attend to other activities
  • Work independently, find solutions to everyday problems, and ask the manager for help when needed

Requirements:

  • Cert III qualified
  • Certificate III or above in Aged Care, Individual Support, or Disability
  • At least 6 months’ experience in a similar role
  • Experience with personal care, manual handling, hoist training and medications
  • Valid Australian Driver's Licence
  • Own insured, roadworthy vehicle
  • Complete a Statutory Declaration before commencement
  • Complete a National Police check before commencement
  • Complete a Working Rights check before commencement
  • Complete a pre-employment functional assessment before commencement

Benefits:

  • Guaranteed hours and shifts in Hornsby area and Surrounds
  • Award rate $39.31 per hour + Super + Paid KM's
  • Employee benefits program
  • Salary packaging up to $18,550 tax free each year
  • Accelerated learning programs to gain your professional qualifications (Cert 3)
  • Paid CPR and First Aid courses
  • Training and education programs to help you achieve your goals
  • Opportunities to develop and grow in your career