Casual

Arundel

$23.42 per hour (FTE $46,278) + 9.5% Super + Casual Loading 

Your role:

As a Personal Carer, you’ll deliver individualised support to your clients living in the community. You’ll provide services that promote their independence, enhancing their quality of life and empowering them to spend time doing what matters!

With no two days ever the same, you’ll spend your time on the road, completing your scheduled visits, interacting one-on-one with clients and their loved ones within their homes. You’ll provide:

• In home services such as personal care, daily living activities including showering, personal hygiene, food preparation and domestic cleaning.
• Support to participate in community based recreational and social activities
• Transportation and assistance with shopping and appointments

We’ll look after you too:

As the largest not-for-profit provider of Hospital, Family, Aged and Community Services in Queensland, UnitingCare has been welcomed into the homes and communities of Australian’s for generations. With over 400 locations, you will have the opportunity to advance your career from Coomera to Katherine and almost everywhere in between. We offer:

• Charity salary packaging to pay benefits and living expenses from pre-income tax
• Access to financial, retail and lifestyle discounts and benefits
• Flexible work arrangements, where we emphasise a work-life balance
• Learning and development to support you in your role
• Unique career opportunities in multiple locations and services

With our family including The Wesley Hospital, Lifeline and Blue Care, we’re an organisation built on compassion, offering our people a values-based culture and benefits.

Your skills and experience:

You’ll be passionate about making a difference and bringing empathy and compassion to your client’s lives. You’ll be driven to improve their independence and well-being, attentively providing the support outlined in their care plan.

You’ll be a well-organised, self-starter with a willingness to adapt to changing priorities within your week and work independently to achieve your daily plan. You’ll demonstrate:

• Certificate III Aged Care, Home and Community Care or Disability Support
• Current First Aid Certificate and CPR Certificate or willing to obtain
• Confidence with smart phones and digital devices or willingness to learn
• QLD Driver’s License and roadworthy registered vehicle
• Confidence to satisfy the relevant probity checks required by legislation or policies.

Ready to work together? To apply for this opportunity, please click on the 'Apply' button below to be taken to our online application process. We look forward to receiving your application by 30 June 2019.

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Through our values UnitingCare are proud of our teams diversity, we believe in the strength of a diverse and inclusive workforce to help us achieve the best outcomes for the communities in which we operate and serve. We highly encourage applications from people who identify as a part of the Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Community.