Community Care Worker

Central Gippsland Health Service; Sale; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Central Gippsland Health Service in Sale, VIC is recruiting Community Care Workers to support clients at home across local areas, with weekend work available. Both qualified and unqualified applicants are encouraged to apply, with tenure options including weekend shifts and variable hours.

As a Community Care Worker you will deliver person-centred home care, assist with domestic tasks, and maintain accurate service records to help clients live independently with dignity.

Qualifications

• Minimum Certificate III in Individual Support – Aged Care or Disability (or equivalent) or currently studying towards it.
• Current Victorian Driver’s Licence.
• Salary packaging.
• Employee Assistance Program.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients to remain living independently at home by delivering high-quality, person-centred care.
• Maintain accurate documentation related to service delivery, including progress notes.

Education

Certificate III in Individual Support - Aged Care or Disability (or equivalent)

Job description

Central Gippsland Health Service – Sale VIC

Community Care Worker - Multiple Tenure available

About Central Gippsland Health

Central Gippsland Health (CGH) is a sub-regional health service and the major provider of health and aged care services in the Wellington Shire. CGH is located in the City of Sale which is 215 km east of Melbourne. The City of Sale is an ideal access point for the magnificent Gippsland Lakes, 90 Mile Beach and the Victorian Alps.

CGH provides acute care as part of an integrated service delivery model across Wellington Shire and beyond. The service provides beds across three campuses (Sale, Maffra and Heyfield). Acute services include a full-time emergency department, critical care unit, neonatal critical care unit, three operating theatres, day procedure unit, oncology and dialysis services in addition to general medical and services and sub-acute services including rehabilitation.

CGH is also a leading teaching hospital, affiliated with Monash University's School of Rural Health and provides placements and clinical experience for students.

About Department

The Home Support team, part of the Community and Allied Health Services directorate, provides essential care in clients' homes, CGH centres, and community settings. We support older people and individuals with disabilities to live independently and with dignity.

About the Role

As a Community Care Worker, you will support clients to remain living independently at home by delivering high-quality, person-centred care. Our approach is guided by the principles of reablement and the active service model, placing clients at the heart of their care journey.

We are looking for both qualified and unqualified Community Care Workers to support clients in the following localities and surrounds: Rosedale, Heyfield, Maffra and Sale areas.

We are seeking people with availability and willingness for weekend work.

Duties

All Community Carers:

• Complement the client/carer skills and abilities by assisting them with domestic assistance which includes cleaning, vacuuming, sweeping and mopping floors; ironing and washing clothes; moving light furniture; bed making; and assistance with meal preparation.
• Maintain accurate and clear documentation related to service delivery, including progress notes

Qualified Community Carers:

• Provide personal care including assistance with showering, bathing, dressing/undressing, toileting, grooming; assisting with medications, eating and drinking;
• Provide respite care in the client's home and in community settings

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Minimum Certificate III Individual Support - Aged Care or Disability (or equivalent) or currently studying towards it
• Current Victorian Drivers Licence
• Salary packaging
• Employee Assistance Program

All appointments are made subject to the candidate providing a current satisfactory National Police Certificate, NDIS Workers Screening Check Clearance and obtaining a Working with Children Check.

At CGH we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive. We value inclusion and diversity and encourage applicants from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.