Home & Garden Maintenance Worker

Suncare is committed to "Making People's Lives Better". We do this through providing innovative personal solutions that support people to live their life, their way. As a values-based organisation we want our staff to reflect the values that we live by: **Innovative | Inclusive | Agile | Respectful | Authentic | Collaborative | Empathetic** Our customers are at the heart of everything we do and the experience they enjoy is critical to the success of our organisation. Every day, Suncare employees are making a difference to real people and making people's lives better. **Suncare Home and Garden Maintenance Worker - what's involved in the role?** We are currently seeking a Part-Time Home and Garden Maintenance Worker to actively support the individual needs of our aged customers who are living at home, either independently or with family. This position is a minimum of 60 hours per fortnight and your hours of work will be rostered between 7am-4pm, Monday to Friday. You will travel to our customers' homes located in Brisbane North suburbs to deliver general home and garden maintenance services. Some of your duties include but are not limited to: lawn mowing and hedge trimming, minor home repairs, water blasting, cleaning of gutters, changing light globes, cleaning air conditioning filters, cleaning windows and other duties and assistance in and around the house and garden. You will be required to use your own suitable vehicle (van / ute, or vehicle & trailer) to travel to customers and transport equipment in. You will be provided with Suncare maintenance equipment to complete these tasks and will be required to have an enclosed or lockable vehicle for safe storage of the equipment. **About you**: We want our customers to have a great experience with our people, and our people need to have a great attitude, be friendly, willing to learn new things, and most importantly listen and understand what the customer wants. You are required to be physically fit and have a valid QLD Driver's licence and a First Aid and CPR certificate. You will also have the ability to work with mínimal supervision. **What can we offer** - Paid travel time and own vehicle kilometre payments - Comprehensive induction program - Salary package benefits to increase take home pay - Helpful and supportive team structure for new staff - Smart Phone with useful apps to make working easier - Ongoing training and development - PPE and work shirts provided - Employee Assistance Program - Fitness and health club programs/discounts - Remuneration_: As prescribed by the Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award the rate of pay for this classification is currently $24.43 gross per hour, plus the minimum superannuation guaranteed contributions. As a not-for-profit organization Suncare provides access to salary packaging benefits to increase your take-home pay. As part of the recruitment process, you may be requested to undertake pre-employment medical checks and background checks such as criminal history, demerit point/driving history and reference checks. It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against COVID-19 in accordance with the Queensland Government Health directions regarding mandatory vaccination requirements for in-home and community aged care workers. Applicants may be requested to disclose any pre-existing illness or injury which may impact on their ability to perform the advertised role. Details are available in section 571 of the “Workers Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003.