Personal Support Workers - Innisfail

Spinal Life Australia; Innisfail; On-site; AUD 48,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

No experience needed

Supportive management

Professional development

Flexible shifts

Salary sacrifice

Multiple opportunities

People focused organisation

Job summary

Spinal Life Australia in Innisfail is seeking Support Workers and Personal Care Workers to assist clients with daily tasks in their homes. Morning, afternoon, evening and overnight shifts are available.

You will provide personal care, mobility support, meal prep and light domestic duties, working closely with Registered Nurses and senior staff.

No experience is required, and we offer flexible shifts, professional development, salary sacrifice and a people-focused culture.

Qualifications

• Excellent listening skills and ability to work independently.
• Comfortable working in clients’ homes and with daily tasks.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients with transfers in and out of bed and wheelchairs using hoists when required.
• Grooming, bathing, dressing and dental hygiene.
• Personal care including toileting and bladder/bowel management.
• Basic wound care and support with self-medication.
• Domestic duties such as meal prep, light cleaning and laundry.
• Support clients to access the community and accompany to appointments.

Skills

Active listening

Independent work

Job description

Support Worker / Personal Care Workers

Innisfail Region

About Us

We are proudly not for profit and in operation for over 60 years, Spinal Life Australia provides you with the opportunity to make a real difference in someone’s life. Our community endeavours to enhance clients’ quality of life and autonomy, thus paving the way for a more equal and impartial Australia.

About The Role

As a personal support worker, you will directly be supporting our clients who have acquired spinal cord injuries daily tasks in our clients’ homes. There are morning, afternoon, evening and overnight shifts available.

Benefits

• No experience needed!
• Supportive management and great work culture
• Professional development and fantastic learning opportunities provided by our Registered Nurses and Key Support Workers
• Flexible shifts (morning, afternoon and night shift)
• Salary sacrifice
• Multiple opportunities available
• People focused organisation – We care for our clients and our employees.

Tasks of the Role

• Assisting clients with transfers in and out of bed and wheelchairs, using hoists when required.
• Grooming, bathing, dressing and dental hygiene.
• Personal care, including toileting, bladder and bowel management.
• Basic wound care and self-medication.
• Domestic support such as meal preparation, light household duties and laundry.
• Community access such as driving to appointments and social activities

About You

• You are an excellent listener who can communicate authentically and honestly and are able to work independently.
• Can work a fixed fortnightly roster.
• A current driver’s licence and a reliable vehicle.
• A smartphone device
• Ability to obtain a Blue and NDIS screening card.

Spinal Life Australia is an equal opportunity employer and encourages people with disabilities to apply. We also actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for our positions.

All applications will be assessed as they are received.