Care Team

**About ACH Group**:
For over 70 years, ACH Group a leading not-for-profit in aged care, has enriched the lives of older South Australians. With over 1,900 dedicated individuals working together, we’re able to create good lives for our customers. With purpose lead roles across residential care, retirement living, home and community care, health and wellness, social experiences and corporate teams, our workforce deliver impact for our residents and customers.
**The Role**:
A Multi Skilled Worker supports residents at Healthia to have a full life. In addition to ensuring residents' daily living needs are met, the Multi Skilled Worker's working day is based entirely around resident choices such as when they start their day, what they eat or daily interests and experiences.
A Multi Skilled Worker is more than just support, a Multi Skilled Worker's job satisfaction will be met by providing person-directed care at all times. Participating in residents' day-to-day life, deeply understanding them and contributing to a positive experience of living well in one of the 8 new small-scale homes at Healthia. The Multi Skilled Worker will be a valued team member and the team working together will achieve a person directed care and living model within each home.
The role will be empowered to deliver and promote high quality of life, positive ageing and advocacy for residents. The responsibilities of this role include provision of personal care for residents including medication administration, meal preparation, dining, and laundry service within a self-managed team.
The Multi Skilled Worker will strive to ensure that residents' care and choices remain central to all that we do.
Additionally, providing an outstanding resident service delivery that represents ACH Group brand.
**What you'll do**:

- Assist residents in the day-to-day organisation of their home
- With oversight of a RN, support residents with administration of medications
- Build a deep understanding of the residents needs
- Advocate for the autonomy of residents
- Have exceptional communication skills
- Build rapport with residents and their family members or representatives
- Assist residents by promoting positive ageing
- Provide a high standard of care to residents including cooking, housekeeping and laundry
- Work under direction and guidance in a multi-tasking environment to deliver the highest quality of care to residents
- Facilitate daily group programs and tailor to the support needs of each resident

About You
You will nurture and support residents by providing assistance with activities of daily living and meeting other needs as required with the core goal of promoting high quality of life and optimal resident experience.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- A passion for supporting choice and independence
- High level resident service experience
- Share the ACH Group culture and values

**You will need**:

- Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing)
- To care about supporting older people to live a Good Life
- A Police Check less than 12 months old for working in Aged Care

**If you want to join our amazing team, we can offer you**:

- Career development with inhouse upskilling and external learning opportunities
- Friendly and inclusive culture, supporting diversity and employee wellbeing
- Free on-site flu vaccination program
- Financial advice for HESTA members, our preferred superannuation supplier
- Wellbeing program including free employee assistance program
- Recognition program acknowledging significant contributions
- Salary packaging to maximise your take home pay
- Discounted Corporate Membership - Health Insurance - BUPA

ACH Group is a not-for-profit organisation in the Health Care Sector. This means that you can salary package up to $15,900 per annum for living expenses and $2,650 for meals/entertainment to reduce your tax. We also offer a range of perks through our Employee Benefits Program (eg. discounted private health).
**How to Apply**:
ACH Group celebrates and encourages workforce diversity and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, age, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, religious beliefs, disability or any other basis.