Job Opportunity:
We are currently seeking Support Workers to join our QLD team in Gympie. You can enjoy a flexible and balanced work life and support people in your community to live their best life possible.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Engage with elderly conversationally, providing emotional support and companionship
2. Deliver personal care: showering, dressing, grooming, and medication assistance to enhance the quality of life for our customers
3. Provide domestic assistance: light household cleaning, laundry, and meal preparation to maintain a comfortable living environment
4. Social support/transportation: facilitate social activities, shopping/groceries, and traveling to medical appointments, ensuring independence and dignity
5. Assist customers in using aids and personal equipment, including standing or walking frames, wheelchairs, manual handling, or electric hoists, sliding sheets, moving boards, hearing aids, and other physical aids
6. Support customers with complex and/or challenging needs, such as Dementia, Mental Health, by providing person-centered care and promoting well-being
7. Monitor the well-being of customers and report on their progress, ensuring timely interventions and adjustments to care plans
8. Participate in staff meetings and attend training as required, enhancing professional development and knowledge sharing
9. Work independently and as part of a small team, fostering collaboration and mutual respect
Requirements:
* Minimum Certificate III or IV in Aged Care, Home & Community Care, Individual Support, or Disability Services (preferred)
* Current CPR / First Aid Certificate
* Current Federal Police Check, Yellow Card, and Blue Card
* Current Australian Driver's Licence
* Reliable, registered, and insured vehicle (comprehensive insurance preferred)
* Smartphone with internet access