Aged & Disability Support - Baptistcare

BaptistCare; Auburn; On-site; AUD 45,000 - 48,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Professional development

Travel reimbursements

Supportive team

Community focus

Job summary

BaptistCare At Home is seeking a Care Worker to support older Australians in Auburn and surrounding areas. This permanent part-time role offers flexible hours and up to 60 hours per fortnight, with supervision and development opportunities.

You will assist with daily activities, transport clients, and help maintain independence in the home, while providing compassionate, person-centered care.

Qualifications

• Unrestricted Australian Driver Licence and a reliable vehicle.
• Strong communicator with resilience and patience.
• Proficient user of smartphone technology, apps and email.

Responsibilities

• Assist with household tasks including cleaning, showering, dressing, meal prep and transport.
• Develop genuine connections with clients to support independent living at home.

Skills

Driver Licence

Communication

Smartphone literacy

Job description

Care Worker – At Home Services

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of older Australians? Do you enjoy helping people with everyday activities? Do you want to join a supportive and values-driven organisation?

If you answered yes to these questions, then we have an exciting opportunity to suit your own hours!

Key Benefits

• A comprehensive range of Employee Benefits from health & wellness to professional development opportunities
• If working an example 5hr shift, earn between $164.30 - $172.95 + 12% superannuation + paid travel time & mileage + salary packaging
• Supportive team culture where your contributions matter
• Join an organisation that values clients and staff
• Apply your transferable skills to support independent living at home

About the Role

As a Care Worker supporting clients in Auburn and surrounding areas, you will be part of our BaptistCare At Home team that provides quality complex care and support to our clients in their own homes. You may assist with a range of tasks pertaining to household cleaning, showering, dressing, food preparation, continence support, medication assistance and transport to name a few. You will also develop genuine connections with your clients and help them live their best possible lives.

This is a permanent part time role offering up to 60 hours per fortnight.

How We Support You

To support you from your very first day, we provide:

• A comprehensive orientation program including buddy shifts
• Direct access to a dedicated supervisor to support you
• A mobile phone to access emails, rosters and client care plans
• Access to a dedicated learning and development team to support your ongoing professional development and career pathways
• Earn $32.86/hr (unqualified) - $34.59/hr (qualified) plus superannuation per hour + paid travel time* and mileage between clients. *To help ease some of the pressure from rising fuel costs, employees who claim Vehicle/Travel (per km) reimbursement will receive a temporary increase of 5 cents per kilometre for all reimbursable journeys until May 2026, pending review.

What You'll Bring

You will have an unrestricted Australian Driver Licence and a reliable vehicle with minimum Third-Party Property Damage Insurance to transport clients. You will be a strong communicator with resilience and patience. You will be a proficient user of smartphone technology, apps and email. You have a caring nature, strong patience and a genuine desire to make a positive difference in someone’s day.

About Us

BaptistCare is a leading purpose-led care organisation, guided by our Christian identity and serving people and communities across Australia for more than 110 years. We support people to live better through aged care, home care, retirement living, community services, disability support and housing. We know that life’s challenges can make our world feel smaller. With the right people alongside us, it can feel more connected, supported and hopeful again.

That’s what we work towards every day - enriching lives through communities of care. Today, more than 78,000 customers, 12,000 employees and close to 2,000 volunteers are part of our communities across Australia.

BaptistCare – Inspired by Jesus to champion care for all

The Employee Benefits are endless when you join BaptistCare!

Enjoy access to salary packaging which may increase your take-home pay, novated leasing, rewards and recognition, programs to support your wellbeing, employee referral program and retail discounts to name a few.

Closing Date is subject to change without notice.