Home Care Worker

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Opportunity to show your talents by providing exceptional care that is focused on supporting people to participate in everyday activities.

Summary about this job

Aged & Disability Support

Company: Anglicare SQ

Location: Sunshine Coast

Work type: Part Time

Salary: Circa $45,000 FTE plus benefits

Phone: +61-7-8079-7801

Fax: +61-8-6389-1263

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Detail information about job Home Care Worker. Terms and conditions vacancy

  • Support people to remain living happily, healthily and independently at home
  • Join a dynamic team who work hard to enable people to live the life they want
  • Provide assistance for a range of daily personal and domestic tasks

About The Position

Anglicare’s Community Aged & Disability teams provide support and services that enable our clients to maintain their independence - living happily and healthily within their own homes. We recognise that one size does not fit all, and working together is the key to great outcomes.

Due to increased client demand, our North Coast service is looking for several part time Home Care Workers to join us for morning, afternoon and evening shifts across weekdays and weekends.  Working throughout the Sunshine Coast region, these roles will provide personal care and support in a range of activities of daily living intended to meet the client’s defined goals. These can include hygiene, dressing and grooming, community access, social support, shopping, meal preparation, respite support and domestic assistance.

 

About You

To join our team, you will be dedicated, reliable and flexible, and offer the following traits:

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills - but especially good at listening and hearing what others say
  • Well organised, punctual, reliable and trustworthy
  • Passionate about working with people with particular needs and supporting them to be the best they can be
  • Offer creativity, flexibility, patience and enthusiasm, and enjoy being part of a team
  • Enjoy everyday living tasks, including cleaning, cooking, showering, shopping, and assisting people to develop these skills
  • Take pride in your work, and adapt your approach to meet the individual client’s needs
  • Show sensitivity to emotional, social and spiritual needs
  • Available to work shifts between 6.00am to 8.00pm, Monday to Sunday
  • Comfortable maintaining, and working within, professional boundaries and guidelines

Qualifications will include:

  • Certificate III in Individual Support, Aged Care, Disability, Community Services or equivalent
  • Completion of “Assist with Medication” unit (preferred)
  • Blue Card (Working with Children) with Yellow Card exemption
  • First Aid Certificate with CPR
  • A current National Police Certificate
  • Current Queensland Driver Licence and your own, reliable vehicle
  • Physically capable of meeting the requirements of the role

 

What We Offer

Anglicare is committed to building a highly skilled workforce, assisted by a dedicated management team. We support our staff with learning and development initiatives, an employee benefits program and progressive human resources management strategies, and are recognised as a leading employer in the non-profit sector. You will also enjoy:

  • Working with a supportive team of passionate and dedicated professionals
  • Flexibility of part time hours across weekdays and weekends 
  • Providing quality of life for people within your local community
  • Ongoing training and support to assist with your personal and professional development

 

Show Your Interest

Apply now and be rewarded with a position that directly and positively influences the quality of life for our clients; working within an organisation that values your professional contribution and personal well-being.

Anglicare is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, those from cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQ+ communities, people with disabilities and people with a lived experience of mental health issues.  We promote a child-safe environment and are committed to providing on-going care and protection.

JOB NUMBER S3521

For further information please contact

Stacy Pearson on 1300 610 610

 

Applications close Sunday 22nd July 2018

Shortlisted applicants will be asked to complete a Pre-Employment Assessment that requires disclosure of pre-existing injuries, illnesses or conditions that could reasonably be aggravated by performing the duties of this position.

 

About Us

Every day the passionate staff and volunteers of Anglicare Southern Queensland are working to respond to growing community demand for our services. For over 140 years our staff have connected with people on every step of their life path, responding with compassion, creativity, commitment and courage to the needs of the members of our community who require support.

Whether it is providing nursing care and domestic assistance in the home, physiotherapy to enable the return of mobility, emergency accommodation for victims of domestic violence, working with foster carers in the care of vulnerable children, a safe caring environment for the elderly, skills training for young unemployed people or parental education and counselling, Anglicare is here, to offer the best quality support to enable you to live the life that you want.

Anglicare has a workforce of over 2500 people in Queensland across residential aged care, community care and a range of social services programs and is a proud member of the Anglicare Australia network. We provide the support in partnership with government and other support organisations in response to identified care needs throughout Southeast Queensland.

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