**Dynamic not-for-profit organisation**:
- ** Salary Packaging benefits up to $15,900 annually to maximise your take home pay**:
- ** Bupa Health Insurance & Goodlife Health Club discounts**:
- ** Multiple positions with various shifts available**
**Are you ready to make a change?**
Just one hour from Adelaide, Goolwa has some of the best beaches South Australia has to offer. A beautiful coastal town, with fantastic cafes and only 15 minutes to the centre of Victor Harbor. If you're looking for a sea change this could be the opportunity for you
**About the role**
Working collaboratively across multi-disciplinary teams, you will provide high-quality personal care to our residents based on their individual needs. This includes;
- assisting them with daily tasks and activities personal care and mobility
- working within the team to help develop and deliver person-centred care plans
- respectfully assisting residents with meals and drinks to make it a pleasurable and safe experience
- promoting independence and confidence by encouraging a resident to give things a go (i.e. to do things with a resident rather than do things for a resident)
- supporting and nurturing a partnership with each resident by recognising what is important to them as well as what is important for their own health
- supporting residents to make choices about their lifestyle and activities of daily living, in line with their care plan
For further details regarding the scope of the role, please refer to our website or the attached position description.
**About You**
- Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing) or Certificate III in Aged Care
- Demonstrated experience in a personal carer role to be able to work without direct supervision
- Sound best practice personal and clinical care skills appropriate to the role
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Sound time management to manage own workload to complete tasks within the allocated time
- Excellent understanding of the requirements to support residents living with dementia including those who display challenging behaviours
- Senior First Aid Certificate - desirable
- An understanding of AN-ACC requirements - desirable
**About us**
For more than 50 years, Southern Cross Care has been providing quality aged care and retirement living services to our community. We're guided by our compassionate, capable, collaborative and creative values, and we want people who share these values to join our team.
If you want a rewarding job in an award-winning organisation that values you as an individual and offers great benefits and learning and development opportunities, there has never been a better time to join Southern Cross Care.