**Introduction**:
Join a community-minded organisation and make a difference in your community today
Bay & Basin Community Resources (BBCR) is a trusted not for profit provider of home and community aged care and services in the Illawarra. Due to an increase in demand for our services, we have a number of opportunities for additional Housekeeping staff to join our team to provide assistance and support to older people in the community in Woonona and the northern suburbs of Wollongong.
**Description**:
**Job Description**:
This role involves visiting clients in their own homes and providing services that may include:
- Domestic assistance, such as basic housekeeping, laundry, meal preparation
- Unaccompanied shopping
- Social support
- Adhere to health and safety guidelines and policies to keep yourself and our clients safe
- Exact duties will depend on relevant experience and will expand dependant on completion of training
- Monday to Friday work only, offering flexible work hours
**Skills and Experiences**:
Seeking people with relevant experience in hospitality, housekeeping, or cleaning in other industries and an interest in helping older people with housekeeping tasks in home, as well as unaccompanied shopping locally. No aged care experience is required, however is desirable.
**You will be**:
- Reliable
- Have strong communication skills
- Compassionate and have a positive attitude, committed to enhancing lives of older people
- Committed to meeting individual needs of consumers
- Flexible with your availability
- Have the ability to maintain professional boundaries
- Opportunity for professional development, and traineeships
**Applicants must hold (or obtain through recruitment process)**:
- Australian Federal Police clearance (no disclosable outcomes)
- Provide First Aid Certificate
- Drivers Licence, with safe driving record
- Own vehicle
- Current car registration & comprehensive insurance
- Working with Children Check Clearance
- COVID 19 vaccination, including booster**What we can offer**:
- Casual work
- Paid km allowance and travel time between clients
- Work mobile phone where you can view your roster and consumer information
- Exclusive employee benefits
- Work life balance
- A supportive and flexible workplace
- Opportunity for professional development, including traineeships