Overview
Personal Care Assistant - Toowoomba (JR ) Toowoomba, Australia
As one of our Personal Care Assistants (Living Support Partners) you will be part of an experienced, engaged and dedicated team that is committed to creating a welcoming, qualified and caring environment for the residents of St Vincent’s Care Toowoomba. Our commitment is to listen to each resident, understand who each person is - a unique individual who we respect and treat with kindness and compassion. At St Vincent’s Care, our Heartprint model ensures compassionate, holistic, person-centred care that empowers residents and fosters a sense of belonging, independence, and cultural respect, creating a life filled with purpose and wellbeing. We are seeking people who are passionate about providing care that is sensitive to resident’s individualised needs, preferences and choices and are committed to building strong, meaningful connections with residents. What’s on your CV is important, but what’s in your heart matters more. Because at St Vincent’s, kindness works for us.
Things that work for us:
- Certificate III in Individual Support/Aged Care or similar qualifications essential
- 6 months+ experience in a similar role with residential aged care experience highly regarded
- Excellent customer service and communication skills
- Experience with AutumnCare (or similar software) with ability to maintain excellent records
- Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC)
- NDIS Worker Screening Check may be a requirement of this role.
Responsibilities
- Provide compassionate, person-centred care aligned with the Heartprint model
- Listen to residents and understand their individual needs, preferences and choices
- Build strong, meaningful connections with residents and support their independence and dignity
- Maintain accurate records and documentation as required by the facility
- Collaborate with team members to create a welcoming and respectful environment
Qualifications
- Certificate III in Individual Support/Aged Care or similar qualifications essential
- 6 months+ experience in a similar role with residential aged care experience highly regarded
- Excellent customer service and communication skills
- Experience with AutumnCare (or similar software) with ability to maintain excellent records
- Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC)
- NDIS Worker Screening Check may be a requirement of this role.
Benefits
- More take-home pay with competitive salary packaging options up to $15,990, Novated leasing, plus an optional Meals and Entertainment card up to $2,650 per annum
- Better work-life balance with consistent fortnightly roster patterns for permanent positions - no rotating rosters
- Opportunity to work for the nation’s largest Catholic not-for-profit health and aged care provider, with a rapidly growing and progressive vision
- Join an organisation where staff feedback indicates they are treated with respect, confident in management leadership and would stay if offered a similar job elsewhere
- Career development, mentoring and leadership opportunities within St Vincent’s network
- Like-minded colleagues with a friendly team environment and a great community care spirit
- Rewarding work that focuses on relationships over routines
- No cost uniforms and training
- No mandatory COVID vaccinations; free annual flu vaccination (recommended)
- Employee Assistance Program for staff and their families
- Access to the Fitness Passport (FP)
Why join St Vincent’s Care
For more than 175 years, St Vincent’s Care has been a leading Catholic provider of Aged Care Services in Australia, upholding compassion, justice, integrity and excellence in all we do. St Vincent’s mission is to express the love of God and continue the healing ministry of Jesus through our work.
At St Vincent’s we value inclusivity and diversity and acknowledge the important of creating a work environment that is welcome, safe, fair and impartial and invite people from all backgrounds to join our caring family.
Reconciliation Action Plan
St Vincent’s Health Australia embraces Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s unique perspectives, knowledge, and culture. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. For further information, visit
Interested? Apply online today!
Respectfully, no agencies please.
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