Aged Care Home & Community Assistant. Casual - Geelong

Life Without Barriers; Geelong; Hybrid; AUD 39,000 - 52,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Kilometre reimbursement

Salary packaging benefits

Fitness Passport

Discounts at retailers

Meaningful impact

Job summary

Life Without Barriers in Geelong is seeking an Aged Care Home & Community Assistant on a casual basis. You will provide personalised home care to older Australians, helping them live independently in their own homes across Geelong and surrounding suburbs.

You will travel between multiple clients’ homes, with kilometres reimbursed at $1.01 per km while you work. The role offers flexible shifts, a supportive team, and the chance to make a meaningful difference in the community.

Qualifications

• Certificate III in Individual Support, Ageing Support or similar.
• An Australian Driver’s Licence and reliable vehicle with minimum third-party insurance
• Strong communication skills with the ability to build and maintain positive relationships
• A current First Aid and CPR Certificate

Responsibilities

• Domestic duties as part of daily care (vacuuming, cleaning, etc.).
• Personal care including showering and daily hygiene.
• Transportation and community access to medical appointments and social activities.
• Provide support with daily tasks and routines.
• Foster positive relationships with clients and their families

Skills

Strong communication

Education

Certificate III in Individual Support/Ageing Support

Job description

Aged Care Home & Community Assistant. Casual - Geelong

Job no: 507258
Employment type: Casual
Location: Geelong & Great Ocean Road
Categories: Disability

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 Home & Community Assistant you will provide personalised home care support to older Australians in the Geelong area, helping them continue to live independently in their own homes.

You will travel between multiple clients homes across Geelong and surrounding suburbs, so ability to travel is essential (you will be reimbursed $1.01 per KM travelled while you are working).

We have casual opportunities available with shifts offered throughout the week. Applicants must be available to work across a flexible range of days and times.

Key Responsibilities

• Domestic duties which may include but are not limited to: vacuuming, mopping, washing dishes, cleaning surfaces, emptying bins, washing/ironing
• Personal care inclusive of showering, daily hygiene, monitoring of health and wellbeing
• Transportation and community access to medical appointments and social activities
• Provide support with daily tasks and routines
• Foster positive relationships with clients and their families

Skills & Experience

• Certificate III in Individual Support, Ageing Support or similar
• An Australian Driver’s Licence and reliable vehicle with minimum third-party insurance
• Strong communication skills with the ability to build and maintain positive relationships
• A current First Aid and CPR Certificate

Successful candidates will be required to undertake relevant pre-employment checks to ensure the safety of our clients. This includes a National Criminal History Record Check and an Aged Care Statutory Declaration.

• An opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the lives of elderly Australians
• Get reimbursed $1.01 cents per kilometre travelled while you work
• In addition to a competitive hourly rate, you will have access to salary packaging benefits, helping you maximise your take-home pay
• Access to Fitness Passport – a workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a choice of gyms and pools across your area
• Access to discounts and benefits at selected retail outlets, cinemas, restaurants and more

Applications will close at 11:55pm on Sunday 15th of November

Advertised: 04 Nov 2026 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 15 Nov 2026 23:55 AUS Eastern Daylight Time