Personal Carer

$35.50 per hour + 12% Super & NFP Salary Packaging

Personal Carer | BlueCare | Community Care

Location: Nambour, Maleny, Kenilworth & Surrounding Areas

Remuneration:$35.50. p/hr + 12% Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging (Increases your take home pay) + Allowances & Travel Reimbursement (KM's) + Employee discounts

Make a meaningful difference with BlueCare

We're looking for someone who wants to build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others -through small moments that leave big impacts.

About the role:

As aPersonal Careryou'll provide care to your clients living in the community, supporting their independence and improving their quality of life.

Spending your time on the road completing scheduled visits, interacting one-on-one with clients within their homes supporting with daily activities

In home personal care, daily living assistance including showering, personal hygiene, meal preparation, house cleaning, laundry and ironing

Providing care in accordance with their individualised Care Plan

Supporting with community based recreational and social activities

Transportation and assistance with shopping and appointments.

We encourage our team to be creative and enjoy themselves while contributing to our success. Come join one of themost trusted communityandresidential careprovidersin Australia.

Role requirements:

Certificate III Aged Care, Individual Support or an equivalent qualification - Essential

Current Australian Driver's Licence (Green Provisional minimum) - Essential

Roadworthy & insured (Third Party Property minimum) vehicle to use for work- Essential

Experience with technology incl. smartphones, tablets, laptops etc

Confidence to satisfy the relevant probity checks required by legislation or policies

Employee Benefits:

Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum

A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs

12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme

Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events

Career development opportunitieswith one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

BlueCare is proudly part of the UnitingCare Family, we'd love you to be too

Joining the state's largest network of aged care workers with its over 8,000 strong, bright team in blue, you'll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. With more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands ofBlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen's Hospital, and St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital,you are part of something bigger. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

Provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children

Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services

Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple–everybody iswelcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values.We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.For additional support and to meet our RAP Team, email

Safe workplace

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.

Salary match Number of applicants Skills match

Community Services & Development 5,001-10,000 employees

Since our very first home visit as the Blue Nurses in 1953, BlueCare has been the leading not-for-profit provider of residential aged care, community care and retirement living in Queensland. Today our BlueCare team makes more than 3.5 million visits to Queenslanders each year, continuing the legacy of care, service and companionship. With the state's largest network of dedicated aged-care professionals – 8,500 employees and 500 volunteers and growing, BlueCare has been trusted for generations and has been named Readers Digest Most Trusted Brand for Home Care two-years running.

If you have a passion for caring and want to empower others to live fully then we'd love to hear from you.

Since our very first home visit as the Blue Nurses in 1953, BlueCare has been the leading not-for-profit provider of residential aged care, community care and retirement living in Queensland. Today our BlueCare team makes more than 3.5 million visits to Queenslanders each year, continuing the legacy of care, service and companionship. With the state's largest network of dedicated aged-care professionals – 8,500 employees and 500 volunteers and growing, BlueCare has been trusted for generations and has been named Readers Digest Most Trusted Brand for Home Care two-years running.

If you have a passion for caring and want to empower others to live fully then we'd love to hear from you.

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Perks and benefits Salary packaging tax savings Work-life balance and lifestyle flexibility Career development Discounted products and services Parental leave benefits Health and wellness programs Regional and remote support Inclusive, values-based culture

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