In-Home Aged Care Support Workers

Healthcare Australia; The Barossa Council; On-site; AUD 34,000 - 44,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly pay

Casual hours with regular rosters

24/7 support team

Free training for staff

Interstate transfer potential

Job summary

Healthcare Australia is seeking casual community-based carers to support elderly clients in their homes across the Barossa region. You will travel between clients and provide essential personal care, household tasks, and social support with a flexible 7am–7pm, Monday–Friday schedule.

Carers must hold a relevant aged care certificate or have 12 months of experience, have a current First Aid certificate, a valid police check, and a valid UK? Australian Driver’s License.

Qualifications

• Good interpersonal and written/verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work with diverse clients in their own homes.
• Reliable and dependable with flexible availability.

Responsibilities

• Domestic assistance: light cleaning, laundry, and meal preparation.
• Personal care: showering, dressing, grooming and medication assistance.
• Social support/transportation for activities, shopping and appointments.
• Assist customers with aids and equipment and with complex needs.
• Monitor wellbeing and report progress after each service.
• Provide updates on customer progress following each visit.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Reliability

Rapport building

Education

Certificate III in Aged Care

Certificate IV in Aged Care / Home & Community Care

Job description

About us:

Healthcare Australia is the leading healthcare recruitment solutions provider of nurses, midwives, aged care workers, doctors, allied health professionals and medical specialists in Australia.With over 14 offices Australia-wide as well as New Zealand and the UK, we pride ourselves on the quality of staff and reputation.

This isacommunity-basedrole supporting our elderly customers in their own homes. You will be required to travel between clients, have flexible availability between 7 am and 7pmMonday to Friday, and transport clients when necessary. Every day is a little different, so you can expect to visit and support multiple customers each day, assisting them with one or more of the duties below depending on their individual requirements.

Duties and responsibilities include:

• Domestic assistance: light household cleaning, laundry, and meal preparation
• Personal care: showering, dressing, grooming and medication assistance.
• Social support/transportation for social activities, shopping/groceries, and travelling to medical appointments.
• Supporting customers in the use of aids and personal equipment
• Supporting customers with complex and/or challenging needs
• Monitoring the well-being of customers and reporting on their progress
• Provide updates on customer progress following each service.

About you:

• Caring, compassionate & friendly
• Good interpersonal skills & written/verbal communication skills
• Reliable & dependable
• Ability to build rapport & good working relationships.
• Comfortable using technology (i.e. mobile app) for accessing rosters & recording customer notes/feedback

What you will need:

• Ability to work in Australia
• Hold a Certificate III or IV in Aged Care, Home & Community Care, Individual Support or Disability Services (Essential) or 12 months experience.
• Current First Aid certificate
• Valid police check (not older than 6 months)
• Current Australian Driver’s License
• Your own reliable, registered car with comprehensive insurance and willingness to use it to transport clients.
• Smart phone with internet access
• If applicable – able to commit and allocate time to complete the recruitment process on our ONLINE PORTAL, complete Online Competencies/eLearning Modules and attend a paid INDUCTION DAY (will be paid after first shift in home care) in person at our HCA Offices.

The Benefits

• Opportunity to work consistent weekly hours/ regular Rosters on a CASUAL basis.
• 24/7 support with a dedicated after-hours team
• Work Life Balance.
• Weekly pay/Competitive Remuneration & Superannuation payments
• Access to free training for “active” HCA STAFF
• Potential to transfer interstate

HCA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes applicants who have an indigenous and/or culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) background.
Kindly note: potential candidates will need to hold work rights in Australia, sponsorship not available.