Personal Carers

Mercy Community Services supports and inspires people in need to live healthy lives within inclusive communities. Our 199-bed residential facility offers a range of services and believes a big part of what we do is to help our clients flourish, knowing what is important to them and their individual needs. We have flexible shifts available to suit your lifestyle, free on-site parking and as a not-for-profit you will enjoy the benefits of salary packaging to increase your take home pay.

**About the role**:

- Assisting residents in their daily activities, delivering the best possible care, ensuring wellbeing and comfort.
- Maintaining a friendly homelike environment where residents are encouraged to engage in activities of their choice.
- Ensuring the safe and appropriate use of equipment, with an emphasis on resident comfort and safety.
- All aspects of personal hygiene - showering, continence, bedding, and clothing.
- Observing, reporting, and responding to all changes in resident health and wellbeing including maintaining accurate, factual, and thorough progress notes.
- Ensuring resident requests are attended to within the scope of their care plan and ensuring all complaints are resolved reported to the Care and Service Manager.

**About you**:

- Believe in the importance of developing strong human connections and providing quality care to residents.
- Certificate III in Individualised Support - Aged Care.
- High level of interpersonal, customer service and conflict resolution skills.
- Flexible with availability across a 7 day roster.
- Ability to follow written instructions, comprehend care plans, and record accurate progress notes.

**Why choose Mercy?**
- Paid compliance checks
- Increase your take home pay with salary sacrifice - **up to $15,900 per annum tax free**:

- Supportive team culture with many career pathways for your long-term career development with us

**How to apply**

Thank you so much for your interest in working with us, and we hope to be in contact with you soon.
- Mercy Community is a Catholic not-for-profit, compassionately inspiring and supporting people to live hopeful, connected lives within inclusive communities. We support families and young people, people living with a disability, and older people, and live by our values of Compassion, Integrity, Dignity and Empowerment._
- We have been providing services and support for over 150 years and our team operates across a network that encompasses urban, rural and remote communities. Please visit our website to find out more about our dedicated team and the work we do._
- Mercy Community has implemented a new COVID-19 Vaccination Policy in Australia that requires all new Mercy Community hires to show proof of up-to-date vaccinations from COVID-19._
- Mercy is committed to Safeguarding - taking actions to promote and ensure the welfare of children and adults at risk, protect them from abuse or neglect and supporting an awareness of whole community responsibility to help and protect all in need._