Support Worker

Integrated Living; Wollongong City Council; On-site; AUD 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Integrated Living is seeking Support Workers A2 to provide comprehensive care and support to clients in the Wollongong region. Roles include intimate personal care, meal preparation, and general domestic tasks, with shifts from 7am to 7pm, seven days a week.

Staff may be scheduled for limited hours per day with potential for higher hours by mutual agreement. Applicants should hold Cert III in relevant areas (Aged Care, Home & Community Care, Disability or Individual Support).

Qualifications

• Cert III Individual Support is required or equivalent.
• Cert III Aged Care, Home & Community Care or Disability qualifications are expected.
• Health Services Assistance modules may be relevant and desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide support services between 7am and 7pm, Monday to Sunday.
• Deliver intimate personal care including showering, grooming, dressing and feeding.
• Assist with meal prep, domestic tasks, vacuuming, laundry, cleaning bathrooms and general tidying.
• Provide transportation to appointments and shopping, social support, respite and companionship.
• Work under IntegratedLiving framework with potential pay progression after one year.

Skills

Meal preparation

Personal care

Domestic assistance

Mobility assistance

Transportation support

Education

Cert III Individual Support - CHC33015

Cert III Aged Care - CHC30212/CHC30208/CHC30102

Cert III Home & Community Care - CHC30312/CHC30308/CHC30202

Cert III Disability CHC30408

Job description

• Support Workers A2 will be required to provide service between the hours of 7am and 7pm, Monday to Sunday.

  They are required to provide all facets of support services along with intimate personal care. These include meal preparation, assist with personal care needs such as showering, grooming, dressing and feeding, provide domestic assistance, including general household cleaning tasks such as vacuuming, dusting, laundry, bed making and cleaning bathrooms and toilets. Other services may include transportation of clients to appointments/shopping, social support, respite and companionship. As per above A1 Support Worker -We have introduced scheduling practices to limit the number of hours per day our Support Workers undertake Domestic Assistance services to 4 hours per day. However, by mutual agreement, we may enter into a higher number of hours per day of this particular type of service.

  • Required to hold Cert III Individual Support - CHC33015 or equivalent

  Cert III Aged Care - CHC30212, CHC30208 or CHC30102

  Cert III Home & Community Care - CHC30312, CHC30308 or CHC30202

  Cert III Disability CHC30408

  Cert III Health Services Assistance: HLT32512, HLT32507, HLT33115

  • Medication assist module desirable
  • oClassified as a Health Partner A2 within the integratedliving framework
  • oPay rate commences at $29.85 as base hourly rate (exclusive of super and any casual loadings etc), pay progression after a year of service with integratedliving