Aged Care Home & Community Assistant. Casual - Deception Bay & 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

As an Aged Care Support Worker, you will provide personalised home care support to older Australians, helping them remain independent in their own homes. This is a casual opportunity, with a minimum availability of 3 days between Monday and Friday. Hours will be between 7 am and 5 pm, with no evening, weekend, or sleepover shifts. Flexible hours available that can be between school hours or other commitments if required.

You will assist multiple people throughout the day and provide transport for them, so a willingness to travel is essential for this role. You will provide support around Deception Bay and surrounding suburbs, and will be paid for your time spent travelling, along with the kilometres travelled. Travel between clients will be approximately 30 minutes.

Key Responsibilities

• Domestic assistance duties. This consists of light cleaning duties, changing of bed linen, washing/laundry
• In-home supports inclusive of meal preparation and assistance with daily living
• Personal care inclusive of showering, daily hygiene, monitoring of health and well-being (for example, identification of wound care needs, skin integrity, etc)
• Social supports inclusive of support to attend medical appointments, social activities in the local community, building/maintaining social networks

 
 Skills & Experience

• Passionate about making a positive impact in our ageing community
• An Australian Driver’s Licence and third party insurance
• Strong communication skills with the ability to build and maintain positive relationships
• A current First Aid and CPR Certificate (must be obtained prior to employment)

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including a National Criminal History Record Check.

Benefits

• Work independently whilst supported by a dedicated leadership team
• Simple and easy to use technology to record your timesheets and kilometres
• Supported career development with opportunities to learn and take on new challenges
• Frameworks and policies in place providing you with clear guidelines and support
• Casual hourly rate from $36.17 + Super +.92 cents per kilometre
• Be paid a full two days for your induction
• Development and progression opportunities nationally

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 recruitment@lwb.org.au  

Applications will be reviewed regularly.