Care Worker

BaptistCare NSW & ACT; Randwick City Council; On-site; AUD 47,000 - 51,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing benefits

Professional development opportunities

Salary packaging

Travel time and mileage reimbursement

Superannuation

Job summary

BaptistCare NSW & ACT is recruiting a Care Worker to support older Australians at home. This permanent part-time role requires availability across at least three weekdays, including Mondays and Fridays, with day shifts typically 8am to 5pm and occasional late coverage to 6pm.

You will travel between client locations across Sydney and surrounds, delivering practical help and companionship to enable safe, independent living at home. A caring, patient, and communicative approach is essential.

Qualifications

• Unrestricted Australian Driver Licence and a reliable vehicle.
• Ability to travel between multiple client locations within the service area.
• Strong communication, resilience and patience when supporting clients.

Responsibilities

• Assist with daily tasks: cleaning, showering, dressing and meals.
• Provide continence support and medication assistance where needed.
• Transport clients between locations and support independent living at home.
• Build meaningful relationships to enhance client safety and independence.

Skills

Communication

Resilience

Patience

Smartphone literacy

Tools

Smartphone

Email

Job description

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!

• A comprehensive range of Employee Benefits from health & wellness to professional development opportunities
• Earn $172.10 – $181.15 for an example 5‑hour shift, plus 12% super, travel time and mileage and access to 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 across Sydney and surrounds (Inner West and City, Sutherland Shire and Eastern Suburbs), you will be required to travel between multiple client locations throughout your service area and support neighbouring regions.

This is a permanent part-time opportunity seeking candidates with availability across a minimum of three weekdays, including Mondays and Fridays. You will be supporting client needs throughout the day, with services typically delivered between 8am and 5pm, and occasional opportunities to provide support later in the day until 6pm.

You will be part of our BaptistCare At Home team, providing quality care and support to clients in their own homes. You may assist with a range of tasks including household cleaning, showering, dressing, meal preparation, continence support, medication assistance and transport. Most importantly, you will build meaningful relationships with clients and help them live independently and safely at home.

How We Support You
To support you from your very first day, we provide:

• 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 $34.42/hr (unqualified) - $36.23/hr (qualified) plus superannuation per hour + paid travel time and mileage between clients

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 70,000 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.