Position:
Permanent Part-time
Location:
Port Macquarie
Pay Rate:
$29.81 - $34.76 per hour + 99c per km and travel time
About the Role:
Join us as a Uniting Home Care Worker, where you'll play a crucial role in providing essential and practical care for our elderly clients. You'll empower independence and enhance the quality of life for our clients in their own homes in and around Port Macquarie .
What We Offer You:
* A rewarding career with a leading human services organisation.
* $500 bonus at 6 and 12 months.
* Up to $18,550 NFP salary packaging available.
* Access to our U rewards program with exclusive discounts.
* Flexible work hours for work-life balance.
* Access to Fitness Passport – Live your best life.
* A supportive, inclusive, and collaborative work environment.
* Opportunities for professional growth.
* Purchase of additional leave
Responsibilities:
* Help at home: Assist with housekeeping, grocery shopping, and meal preparation.
* Transport for wellbeing: Escort clients to appointments, shopping trips, and social activities.
* Personal Care: Support with personal hygiene, showering, dressing, meal assistance, and medication administration.
Qualifications and Experience:
* Previous experience in aged or community care preferred, or a strong desire to begin a career in aged care.
* Empathetic and resourceful, embodying Uniting’s values of compassion, respect, imagination, and boldness.
* Flexibility to accommodate the evolving needs and schedules of our clients.
* A provisional or full Australian driving license and access to a comprehensively insured, reliable vehicle.
* Certificate III/IV in Aged Care, Individual Support, or equivalent qualification.
At Uniting, we embrace diversity and provide a safe, inclusive environment for all staff and clients, regardless of background.
Join Our Team:
If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of elderly individuals and thrive in a supportive, nurturing environment, we invite you to apply today.
What to expect
Please know that employment with Uniting requires:
* A National Police Check
* Valid working with Children Check
* First Aid Certificate
* Working Rights Check
* References
Who is Uniting?
When you’re part of Uniting NSW & ACT, you’re part of a diverse, purpose-led team of people who are really making a difference to the world around them. We contribute to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services, and spiritual care. We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities, and confront injustice.
Uniting leaders and employees work together to create a culture that is safe, inclusive, and person-centred. We bring this to life every day through our values: compassionate, respectful, imaginative, and bold.
Uniting acknowledges the continuing sovereignty and rich cultural diversity of Australia’s First Peoples. We pay our respects to all Elders – past, present, and emerging – and to all First Peoples on whose lands we live and work.
Uniting is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing, and inclusion of children and young people.
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