Personal Care Worker

Bolton Clarke; Redland City; On-site; AUD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Bolton Clarke is seeking a Personal Care Worker to support residents across Redland Bay area. You will assist with personal care, daily living activities and emotional support, while maintaining dignity and safety. The role requires reporting changes to care staff and coordinating with families, with a focus on person-centred care.

Experience in aged care or disability support is preferred. A current driver’s licence and willingness to travel between local sites may be required; certificates in

Qualifications

• No qualifications required.
• Previous cleaning experience.
• Previous experience in providing personal care services to individuals with physical or mental disabilities, elderly or chronically ill patients is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Attends to the personal care needs of customers, with a focus on those requiring additional support due to specific physical limitations or frailty.
• Identifies and reports changes in customers’ circumstances and capacity to more senior staff members, monitors and records clients’ vital signs and assists with medication management, including reminders and administration as prescribed.
• Provides manual handling assistance to customers with daily tasks, supports customers with daily hygiene routines, including showers or baths, shaving, and nail care.
• Assists customers with their aids, such as applying surgical/support stockings or operating a tens machine.
• Maintains accurate and up-to-date records of clients’ care, including daily logs, incident reports, and care plans.
• Provides emotional support and companionship to customer’s, engages in conversations and activities to promote mental well-being and encourages their participation in social activities.

Skills

Activities of Daily Living

Person Centered Care

Patience

Listening

Observation

Time Management

Records Management

Communication

Empathy

Education

Certificate III in Individual Support (Disability)

Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing)

Job description

Company Overview

Bolton Clarke Group one of Australia’s largest independent, not-for-profit providers of home care, retirement living and residential aged care, operating nationally and internationally. Bolton Clarke Residential group now has 88 Aged Care Homes across QLD, NSW, VIC, SA & WA, with the inclusion of the Allity, McKenzie & Acacia Living Group.

Location & Hours

This position requires availability on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and will be working in Redland Bay, Thornlands, Capalaba and surrounding suburbs.

Role Overview

The Personal Care Worker is responsible for attending to the personal care needs of customers, focusing on those requiring additional assistance due to physical limitations or frailty. The role provides manual handling support, delivers activities that enhance physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development, and supervises daily hygiene routines. They report changes in customers’ physical and emotional conditions and advocate for residents’ wellbeing through effective collaboration with families and the care team.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities focuses on customers and residents using person centered approach, demonstrates values of patience, empathy and listening and respects the customer’s diverse and unique needs.

• Attends to the personal care needs of customers, with a focus on those requiring additional support due to specific physical limitations or frailty.
• Identifies and reports changes in customers’ circumstances and capacity to more senior staff members, monitors and records clients’ vital signs and assists with medication management, including reminders and administration as prescribed.
• Provides manual handling assistance to customers with daily tasks, supports customers with daily hygiene routines, including showers or baths, shaving, and nail care.
• Assists customers with their aids, such as applying surgical/support stockings or operating a tens machine.
• Maintains accurate and up-to-date records of clients’ care, including daily logs, incident reports, and care plans.
• Provides emotional support and companionship to customer’s, engages in conversations and activities to promote mental well-being and encourages their participation in social activities.
• Advocates for residents’ wellbeing and care through exceptional customer service and effective collaboration with residents, families, and the care team.
• Maintains a schedule of proactive check-ins to ensure residents are comfortable and their individual needs are being addressed.
• Ensures call bells and other requests by residents and families are addressed promptly and effectively.

Work Experience & Qualifications

• No qualifications required.
• Previous cleaning experience.
• Previous experience in providing personal care services to individuals with physical or mental disabilities, elderly or chronically ill patients is preferred.

Certification

• Prescribed: Certificate III in Individual Support (Disability).
• Preferred: Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing).

Skills

• Technical Skills: Activities of Daily Living Person Centered Practice Patience Listening Observation Time Management Records Management Case Management Case Management Systems Patient Regulations Behavioural Skills Analytical Thinking Effective Communication Customer Experience Emotional Intelligence Planning and Prioritisation Results Orientation.

Essential Conditions

• Federal Police Clearance must be attained and declaration made of any future charges or convictions that could potentially affect your role within Bolton Clarke.
• May be required to travel intra or interstate with overnight stays (including weekends) on short notice.

Additional Conditions

• Home Community Support staff require current drivers licence valid in the state or territory in which employment is based and will maintain a drivers licence during employment.

Safety and wellbeing

• Workers Take reasonable care not to place at risk the health and safety of anyone in the workplace; Comply with all reasonable instructions and directions given for the purpose of work health and safety; Assist in the development and implementation of local work health and safety procedures; Report all workplace hazards and incidents to the direct manager/supervisor; Actively participate in work health and safety training and development activities; In the event that a hazard is not being appropriately controlled after reporting to the line manager/supervisor, report the hazard to the safety and wellbeing advisor/representative and/or work health and safety consultant; Advise the line manager/supervisor where a personal medical condition, injury or disability may lead to health and safety risks, including risks to clients, co-workers or others.

About this location

A new opportunity is now available to join Bolton Clarke, Home & Community Support team.

Why Work For Bolton Clarke

• Excellent work/life balance with shifts that suit your personal needs
• A caring team environment with strong clinical and allied health support
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Generous salary packaging and not-for-profit tax benefits – claim up to $18,550 tax free Private health insurance and gym discounts
• An Employee Assistance Program for staff and family

Diversity statement

Our commitment to diversity: At Bolton Clarke we expect our staff to respect and value differences in age, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, intersex status and family or marital status. Appointment to this position and ongoing employment is subject to your commitment to supporting diversity and inclusion.