Personal Care Worker - Terrace Gardens (Part-Time)

Personal Care Worker - Terrace Gardens (Part-Time)

About the role

ARRCS Terrace Gardens Aged Care facility is seeking a qualified and experienced Personal Care Worker to join the team on a permanent, part-time basis, working evening shifts of 21:45pm – 06:45am, 2 days per week.

Based in Darwin, NT.

These roles attract a salary of $35.01 - $36.55 / hour dependent on skills and experience. When working at Terrace Gardens, you will be providing care and support within the facility, undertaking personal care including grooming, showering, dressing, mobility, and assistance with meals in accordance with the resident's care plans. These roles are suited to people who have care and compassion and enjoy interacting with our residents.

You will bring previous experience in an aged care or disability support role and will have the skills and experience to complete work with respect and professionalism while having supervision from our facility's senior nursing staff when required.

You will provide a strong work ethic while ensuring that the care and wellbeing of our residents are kept to the highest standards. As the successful candidate, you will understand that you are employed as a permanent part-time worker with a fixed roster.

Additional shifts may come available on an ad hoc basis.

Benefits of working with ARRCS:

• 6 Weeks Annual Leave + 17.5% Leave Loading (pro-rata for part-time).
• An annual pay increase in accordance with our current Enterprise Agreement.
• Salary Packaging through CBB.
• Access to 70 Training and Development Courses through our Learning Platform.
• Telus Employee Wellbeing & Emotional Support.

Skills and Experience

To be considered for this role, we require you to demonstrate the following:

1. Minimum of Certificate III or higher in Aged Care, Disability, or Individual Care.
2. Demonstrated experience in assisting with the activities of daily living in an Aged Care setting.
3. Demonstrated effective and clear communication skills, both verbal and written.
4. Ability to manage and work within a culturally diverse team environment.
5. An ability to undertake a range of manual handling functions relevant to the role.
6. Proof of or willingness to obtain the following mandatory requirements:

• NDIS Workers Screening
• National Police Check (dated within 3 months)
• Current year Flu Vaccination

About ARRCS

Australian Regional and Remote Community Services (ARRCS) is a not-for-profit aged care and community service provider that was established in July. ARRCS operates residential aged care facilities and community care support programs within communities across the Northern Territory including Darwin, Alice Springs, Katherine, Tennant Creek, Mutitjulu, and Docker River. ARRCS is a service group of Uniting Care Queensland – the health and community service provider of the Uniting Church, and is supported by Blue Care – also part of Uniting Care Queensland and one of Australia's leading residential and community aged care providers. With over staff across the Northern Territory, we are a true community partner, and our team members live our values of Compassion, Justice, Respect, Working Together, and Leading through Learning.

For more information, please refer to the attached Position Description or contact recruitment via email or phone.

We strongly encourage Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people to apply.