Home Care Worker

  • 76 Kite Street , Orange, NSW, Australia, 2800
  • Aged Care
  • Part time permanent
  • Closing on: Feb 16 2025
  • Dubbo location
  • Part time permanent positions available 
  • Up to 34.76 P/H + 99c per km driven 

 

What you’ll be doing in this role:

At Uniting, we call our 'Support Workers 'Home Care Workers. In this role, you’ll provide care and companionship for older people living in their own homes, to help empower their independence and improve their quality of life in Dubbo. You’ll be required to travel to client’s homes and communities, using your own car.

 

The care work you do may include:

  • Helping around the home - assisting with housekeeping and meal preparation 
  • Giving personal care – helping with showering and getting dressed 
  • Providing transport for wellbeing - driving to appointments, and accompanying clients on shopping trips, or to Uniting Healthy Living for Seniors programs.

 

Who we’re looking for:

  • You’ll have previous experience in aged or community care, or a passion to begin your career in aged care.
  • You’ll be empathetic and resourceful and be able to live Uniting’s everyday values of being compassionate, respectful, imaginative, and bold.
  • You’ll also be flexible and prepared to help meet the changing needs and schedules of our home care clients.
  • You’ll need a provisional or full Australian driving licence and ongoing access to a reliable vehicle that’s comprehensively insured (not just CTP).
  • Ideally, you’ll have a Certificate III/IV in Aged Care or Individual Support or an equivalent qualification. If you’re not currently qualified and would like to be, then we can help you get there.  

 

We’ll create a better future for you!

Our people are at the heart of everything we do, and we support them to grow and develop to be their best through our strong commitment to learning, flexibility, great benefits and a positive culture of teamwork and cooperation. Together, we can build a better future for the people and communities we serve, and for you.

 

About Uniting Home Care:

Uniting is one of the largest and most trusted not-for-profit providers of aged care in Australia. Each year, we support around 10,000 people to stay independent in their homes and communities across NSW and the ACT. We actively advocate for the right of every senior to age in comfort and dignity, wherever and however they live. We value diversity and always welcome everyone, exactly as they are.

 

What to expect:

Please know that employment with Uniting requires:

  • A National Police Check
  • Reference checks
  • Other pre-employment screenings

 

Ready to join us?

When you’re part of Uniting NSW & ACT, your 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

Job reference number:  506469

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