Aged Care Support Worker. Permanent Part Time - Brisbane South & Surrounds

About the Organisation

Enhance the lives of older Australians by joining the Life Without Barriers team. Guided by every client’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 elderly Australians who access our Community Care Services across the Brisbane South region. You will be a proactive and caring support worker who reflects the LWB values and is passionate about helping others. We have Permanent Part Time (30 hours minimum a fortnight, with more hours on offer for the right candidate) opportunity available with flexible working hours to suit your lifestyle, hours can be based between school hours if required.

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 across Brisbane South. The ideal candidate could live around Logan Central, Shailer Park & surrounds. You will be supporting elderly Australians within their home, so a willingness to travel 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 that can be between school hours where required, no shifts after 6pm and no sleepovers!
• Hourly rate from $29.51 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
• 2 years experience minimum, working in the community with ageing clients
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

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 Monday the 22nd 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.