Oshc Educator: Before/After School & Vacation Care

Ymca Brisbane; Townsville City; On-site; AUD 53,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual pay increases

Six weeks annual leave

Training & development courses

Job summary

Australian Regional and Remote Community Services (ARRCS) is seeking experienced Personal Care Workers to join our team across Northern Territory communities. You will provide direct resident care, assist with daily living activities, grooming, mobility and meals, with nursing staff supervision as needed.

ARRCS offers not-for-profit employment, opportunities for relocation within the NT, and benefits including ongoing training and development, annual leave, and wellbeing programs.

Qualifications

• Minimum of Certificate III or higher in Aged Care, Disability or Individual Care; preferred Assist Clients with Medication elective.
• Demonstrated experience in assisting with activities of daily living in an aged care setting.
• Demonstrated effective and clear communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to work within a culturally diverse team environment.
• Ability to undertake manual handling functions relevant to the role.
• Proof of or willingness to obtain: NDIS Worker Screening, National Police Check, Flu Vaccination, First Aid and CPR.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct care and support to residents within the facility.
• Perform duties including cleaning, bed making, grooming, showering, dressing, mobility and meal assistance.
• Work under supervision of senior nursing staff when required.
• Maintain high standards of resident wellbeing and care.

Skills

Direct care

Daily living activities

Communication skills

Teamwork

Manual handling

Education

Certificate III or higher in Aged Care/Disability/Individual Care

Job description

Personal Care Worker - Aged Care

Tennant Creek Australian Regional and Remote Community Services

Job Description

About the role We have upcoming opportunities for experienced Personal Care Worker/s to join our team in within the Northern Territory including Alice Springs, Tennant Creek, Mutitjulu, Katherine, Docker River, and Nhulunbuy and the APY Lands of South Australia.

Australian Regional & Remote Community Services are seeking qualified and experienced Personal Care Worker/s to join the team on a permanent, full-time basis.

These roles attract a salary of $38.33-$39.91/ hour dependent on skills and experience.

Your role as a Personal Care Worker will see you providing direct care and support to our residents within the facility. Duties include however, not limited to cleaning, bed making, personal care including grooming, showering, and dressing, mobility and assistance with meals.

You will bring previous experience in an aged care or disability support role and will have the skills and experience to complete work with respect and professionalism whilst having supervision from our facilities senior nursing staff when required.

You will provide a strong work ethic whilst being able to ensure that the care and wellbeing of our residents are kept to the highest standards.

Benefits of working with ARRCS:

ARRCS is the largest Aged Care Provider in the NT - your career can take you all over the NT including Alice Springs, Tennant Creek, Katherine or if you relocate interstate ARRCS are a pathway to South Australia’s APY Land or Uniting Care QLD. Employee benefits include:

• An annual pay increase in accordance with our current Enterprise Agreement
• 6-weeks annual leave
• Salary Packaging through Eziway
• Access to 70,000 Training and Development Courses through our Learning Platform
• Telus Employee Wellbeing & Emotional Support.

Skills and Experience

To be considered for this role, we would require you to demonstrate the following:

• Minimum of Certificate III or higher in Aged Care, Disability or Individual Care – With preference to have the Assist Clients with Medication elective.
• Demonstrated experience in assisting with the activities of daily living in an Aged Care setting.
• Demonstrated effective and clear communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to manage and work within a culturally diverse team environment
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• An ability to undertake a range of manual handling functions relevant to the role.
• Proof of or willingness to obtain the following mandatory requirements:
• NDIS Workers Screening
• National Police Check (dated within 3 months)
• Current year Flu Vaccination
• First Aid and CPR

About ARRCS

Australian Regional and Remote Community Services (ARRCS) is a not-for-profit aged care and community service provider that was established in July 2014. ARRCS operates residential aged care facilities and community care support programs within communities across the Northern Territory and South Australia including Darwin, Alice Springs, Katherine, Tennant Creek, Mutitjulu, Docker River, Nhulunbuy and APY Lands.

ARRCS is a service group of Uniting Care Queensland – the health and community service provider of the Uniting Church, and is supported by Blue Care – Also, part of Uniting Care Queensland and one of Australia’s leading residential and community aged care providers.

With over 750 staff across the Northern Territory, we are a true community partner, and our team members live our values of Compassion, Justice, Respect, Working Together and Leading through Learning.

For more information, please contact recruitment via or phone .

We strongly encourage Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people to apply.