Specialised Carer - Home Care

HammondCare; Batemans Bay; Remote; AUD 45,000 - 50,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid training

Travel time paid

Mileage reimbursement

Career development

Job summary

HammondCare is seeking a Home Care Worker to support older adults in the Batemans Bay region on a casual basis. The role involves delivering personal care, homemaking tasks, and transportation to appointments, enabling clients to live independently at home.

You will travel to clients’ homes using your own car, with paid travel time and mileage reimbursement. Female applicants only are recognised as a genuine occupational qualification for this role.

Qualifications

• You’re a people-person who is patient and solutions-focused.
• You have experience in aged or community care, or are starting your career in aged care.
• You have a valid driver’s licence and access to an insured, reliable car.

Responsibilities

• Providing personal care – helping with showering and dressing.
• Helping around the home – meal preparation and light house cleaning.
• Providing transportation to appointments and assisting with shopping.
• Assisting with medication.

Skills

People-person

Patient

Solutions-focused

Education

Certificate III in Aged Care or Individual Support

Job description

## Specialised Carer - Home CareApply: Merimbula: Narooma: Casual: Posted Today: REQ3985## **Do you love to care?****We do!** Join **HammondCare** as a **Home Care Worker** and be part of an independent, not-for-profit organisation improving the lives of thousands of older people in need. **HammondCare Home Care is currently looking for Carers to join our team in the Batemans Bay Region on a Casual basis.*** The Region you will cover is from South Durras down to Bodalla* Minimum 3 days of availability per week across Mon-Fri 8am-4pm or 9am-5pm ## **About the role**You'll provide essential, practical care for older people, supporting them to live independently in their own homes and genuinely improving their quality of life. This includes not only day‐to‐day care but also building meaningful relationships and offering companionship. The role requires travel to clients’ homes using your own car (you'll be paid $1.05 per km plus paid travel time). ## **The care work you'll be doing may include:*** Providing personal care - helping with showering and dressing* Helping around the home - meal preparation and light house cleaning* Providing transportation to appointments and assisting with shopping* Assisting with medication ***Being female is recognised as a genuine occupational qualification for this role and is authorised under the applicable Anti-Discrimination/Equal Opportunities legislation, and so we ask that only female applicants apply.*** ## **In return for your expertise, we offer:*** $32.91 to $36.50 per hour, plus paid travel time and $1.05/km reimbursement* No experience required with comprehensive paid training and ongoing support* Generous salary packaging benefits of up to $15,900 for living expenses and $2,650 for meals and entertainment* Career development opportunities with ongoing training and pathways for progression* Wellbeing and lifestyle benefits, including Fitness Passport access, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and the option to purchase additional annual leave## **About you*** You’re a people-person who is patient and solutions-focused* You have previous experience in aged or community care, or are looking to start your career in aged care* you have a valid Driver’s Licence and access to an insured, reliable car (min. Third Party Property Insurance)* Ideally, you'll have a Certificate III in Aged Care or Individual Support. If you're not currently qualified and would like to be, then we can help* You'll be flexible around meeting the changing needs of home care clients ## **About us**At HammondCare, we’ve been caring for people for more than 90 years, working together to improve quality of life for older people, no matter how complex their needs may be. We provide expert home care, dementia care and palliative care, regardless of circumstances, beliefs, background or financial situation, led by our not-for-profit, Christian foundations and backed by research and clinical expertise. So, if you love to care, join us, and make a career move that matters. *Because it’s not just care. It’s HammondCare.* ## **Sounds like you? Apply now!***For all general enquiries please contact [e-mail]* *All short-listed applicants for these positions will be asked to consent to a criminal record and reference checks, and will also be asked to attend a pre-employment functional assessment.* *We are committed to inclusion across race, culture, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, belief, age and ability. Because at HammondCare, everyone belongs.*