Unqualified Personal Care Worker

Bolton Clarke Careers; Toowoomba Regional; On-site; AUD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous salary packaging

Not-for-profit tax benefits

Private health insurance

Gym discounts

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Bolton Clarke Group is seeking a Domestic Assistant to support customers in-home care and community services. The role follows personalised care plans, assists with day-to-day tasks, helps with outings and shopping, and coordinates appointments while maintaining confidentiality and safety.

You will work under supervision, perform housekeeping duties, monitor clients’ wellbeing, and document daily care. A caring team and not-for-profit benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Follows personal care plans to meet customer needs.
• Performs domestic duties and cleans customer homes.
• Maintains accurate records of care plans and daily logs.

Responsibilities

• Follows personal care plans for customers under supervision.
• Meal prep, bed making, cleaning and housekeeping in customer homes.
• Maintains accurate records including daily logs and care plans.
• Identifies changes in customers’ conditions and reports to senior staff.
• Provides emotional support and companionship to customers.

Skills

Patience

Empathy

Active listening

Job description

Bolton Clarke Groupone 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 87 Aged Care Homes across QLD, NSW, VIC, SA & WA, with the inclusion of the Allity, McKenzie & Acacia Living Group.

The Domestic Assistant is responsible for following personalised care plans to meet customers' individual needs and supporting senior staff as needed. The role reports changes in customers’ conditions to senior staff, making beds, and tidying rooms. They help customers by accompanying them on outings, assisting with shopping, and coordinating appointments.

Responsibilities:

• Follows personal care plans for customers to ensure their individual needs are met effectively. Works under the supervision of more senior personal care service employees.
• Meal preparation, bed making, dusting and wiping, spot cleaning of customer homes including but not limited to cleaning kitchens and bathrooms, cleaning toilets, cleaning windows, sweeping, vacuuming and mopping floor
• Performs domestic duties such as laying out clothes, making beds and tidying rooms etc. to maintain a clean and organised environment.
• 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.
• Maintains accurate and up-to-date records of customer’s care, including daily logs, incident reports, and care plans.
• Identifies and reports changes in customers’ circumstances and capacity to more senior staff members, monitors and record customers’ vital signs and assists with medication management, including reminders and administration as prescribed.
• Provides emotional support and companionship to customer’s, engaging in conversations and activities to promote mental well-being and encourages them to participate in recreational and social activities.
• Assists customers with their day-to-day tasks, accompanies them on outings to provide support and companionship, helps them with shopping to meet their personal needs etc.
• Manages the safety and well-being of customer’s by following protocols and emergency procedures and adheres to confidentiality and privacy regulations regarding personal information.

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

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.

If you have any further queries, please contact Ashley Hurman (**********@boltonclarke.com.au)