Home Care Worker

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Part-time Home Care Worker providing domestic and personal care for Silverchain’s aged-care clients. Supporting independence, wellbeing, mobility, medication routines and community activities.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide aged care clients with home help services
  • Perform general housekeeping and make beds
  • Clean, mop and vacuum floors
  • Wash, fold and iron laundry
  • Prepare meals and complete grocery shopping
  • Get 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
  • Give family carers a break or opportunity to do other things
  • Work independently, find solutions to everyday problems and ask a manager for help when needed

Requirements:

  • At least 3 months’ experience in a similar professional role
  • Experience with personal care, manual handling, hoist training and medications
  • Valid Australian Driver's Licence
  • Own insured, roadworthy vehicle
  • Completion of a Statutory Declaration prior to commencement
  • National Police check prior to commencement
  • Working Rights check prior to commencement
  • Pre-employment functional assessment prior to commencement

Benefits:

  • Guaranteed hours and shifts, minimum 50 hours per fortnight, Monday to Thursday
  • Superannuation
  • Paid kilometres at 99 cents per kilometre
  • Employee benefits program
  • Salary packaging up to $18,550 tax free each year
  • Accelerated learning programs to gain Cert 3 qualifications
  • Paid CPR and First Aid courses
  • Training and education programs for career development
  • Opportunities to develop and grow in your career