Care Service Employee - Carer

RSL LifeCare Limited; Dubbo; On-site; AUD 47,000 - 50,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Tax benefits

Salary packaging

Staff discounts

Leave loading

Career opportunities

Fitness Passport

Job summary

RSL LifeCare Limited in Dubbo, NSW is seeking a casual Carer to join our residential care teams. You will provide personal care to residents in a supportive environment, working with families to ensure comfort and dignity and contributing to individual care plans.

This role offers flexible availability, a competitive hourly pay rate of $34.41–$36.56 AUD plus 12% super and Not-for-profit tax benefits through salary packaging.

Qualifications

• Compassion, empathy and advocacy for residents.
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written.
• Ability to use technology efficiently in your role.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with residents and families to provide personal care.
• Provide quality, timely and effective care aligned with resident care plans.
• Encourage wellbeing and independence by supporting engagement in activities and interests.
• Embody a person-centred approach, recognising and promoting the individual’s goals and preferences.
• Participate in risk management and continuous quality improvement activities.
• Build strong and productive relationships with your team to deliver positive outcomes for residents.

Education

Individual support qualification or related experience

Job description

Location and Pay

Location: Dubbo, NSW Casual - with flexible availability Pay Rate: $34.41- $36.56 per hour + 12% Super + Not-for-profit tax benefits - salary packaging of up to $15,900 per

About Us

At RSL LifeCare, our Residential Care teams have the ability to make a big difference to the lives of veterans and seniors while they receive quality and compassionate care in our aged care homes. This is an opportunity for you to join a large social purpose organisation where you can have a huge positive impact and feel the personal and professional reward in return. At our core, RSL LifeCare provide care and services to veterans and seniors who live in our communities or who are receiving support at home. Our vision of creating proud communities living their best lives is at the heart of everything we do as we continue to build upon our legacy of supporting veterans and their families for more than 100 years.

About the role

As a Carer at RSL LifeCare, every day you’re empowered to make a meaningful difference to people’s lives. Within our supportive work environment your skills and compassion are valued. You will have the opportunity to:

• Work collaboratively with residents and their families to provide personal care
• Provide quality, timely and effective care that reflects the unique needs of each resident and in accordance with resident care plans
• Encourage the wellbeing and independence of residents by supporting them to engage in preferred activities and interests
• Embody a person-centred approach, recognising and promoting the individual’s unique goals and preferences
• Participate in risk management and continuous quality improvement activities
• Build strong and productive relationships with your team to deliver positive outcomes for residents

Our benefits

RSL LifeCare offers a range of benefits including:

• Not-for-profit tax benefits - salary packaging of up to $15,900 per year. This allows you to reduce your taxable income by receiving part of your salary as tax-free benefits like super contributions, car leasing, and more.
• Staff discounts across 700 select retail stores through Maxxia Rewards
• Leave Loading - 17.5% pay top up on paid leave
• Career opportunities across Residential Care homes and Community Services
• Fitness Passport- Access a range of gyms, swimming pools, and health centres across Australia at discounted rates for you and your family with Fitness Passport.

About You

We are excited to hear from you about this role! We are looking out for: Your demonstrated compassion, empathy and advocacy. Our teams have a passion for what they do and the impact they make to our residents and their families. Your excellent communication skills, both verbal and written to ensure the best possible resident experience, teamwork and standard of care Your ability to work efficiently by optimising the use of technology within your role Your teamwork. We enjoy working together with a highly skilled team to deliver the best possible care to our residents and support each other.

Qualifications

Qualifications in individual support or related work experience are beneficial

Australian Working Rights

Join us today and see where it takes you tomorrow! It is a mandatory requirement for a team member working in the Aged Care sector to have a valid Police Check or a valid National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) check, or potentially both, to undertake the inherent requirements of the role. Clearances must be verified prior to commencing employment with RSL LifeCare.

Location RC Dubbo

RSL LifeCare is a leader in senior living, providing high quality retirement villages, aged care homes (nursing homes) and personal home care throughout NSW and the ACT. Proudly serving Australia for over 100 years, RSL LifeCare is a successful and growing not-for profit organisation which began as a haven for war veterans and today is open to all Australians.