Cleaners and Support Workers Required

**MD Home and Care Service's** are urgently looking for dedicated, hardworking and compassionate Contracted Cleaners and Support Workers for multiple clients.

**The role**
We are searching for a competent and reliable cleaners to maintain clients homes.

**Cleaner Duties and responsibilities may include**:

- Responsible for all basic cleaning in and around residences or office buildings.
- Cleans floors and rooms. including dust mopping, damp mopping, sweeping, vacuuming, dusting, picking up larger objects off the floor, and spot cleaning glass and windows.
- Cleans restrooms, including restocking dispensers, emptying trash, cleaning and sanitizing fixtures, cleaning mirrors, spot cleaning partition doors and walls, sweeping and mopping tile floors, and cleaning toilets and urinals.
- Vacuums, empties trash, and replaces liners.
- Sets up, stocks, and maintains cleaning equipment and supplies.
- Monitors and maintains sanitation and organization of assigned areas.
- Transports dirty linens to correct area to be cleaned and restocks areas with clean linens.
- Assists other departments when needed to ensure optimum service to guests.
- Performs additional duties as needed.

**Support Worker Duties and Responsibilities**:

- You are responsible for managing your time, and for planning and organising your own work, within the general guidance which may be provided by the individual or Client you support.
- Perform activities requiring the exercise of sound judgment, initiative, confidentiality, and sensitivity in the performance of work. However, guidance should be available to you should you need it.
- Follow all MD Home and Care Service's guidelines in regard to incident reporting, mandatory reporting, providing feedback and raising concerns.

You must not provide in person support in your own home. As a general rule, MD Home and Care Service support workers may be asked to provide support in the following areas:

- Assisting Clients with personal care, health care and hygiene in areas such as dressing, bathing, toileting and eating.
- Assisting Clients to develop daily living skills by facilitating their participation in budgeting, shopping, meal planning and preparation, cooking and management of residence.
- Supporting activities of mobility and transferring, which promote independence.
- Clear instructions should be provided by the Client and/or the Account Manager to enable you to undertake this work.
- Supporting necessary household duties such as cooking, cleaning and laundry activities.
- Supporting Clients to keep themselves and their environments safe, clean and healthy.
- Support the health and wellbeing of the Client, such as taking medications or attending medical appointments.
- Clear instructions should be provided by the Client to enable you to undertake this work.
- Preparation for, and assistance with, leaving the home on outings for social, vocational or recreational purposes.
- Following specific support plans in relation to the Clients needs to care plans for the Client or their representative.
- Provide the Client with assistance with administrative tasks.
- Supporting the dignity of risk of the Client, and supporting individual decision making.

**Cleaners - What you will need**:

- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Strong interpersonal and problem-solving abilities
- Highly responsible & reliable
- Ability to work cohesively as part of a team
- High school diploma, or equivalent
- Previous cleaning experience a plus
- Smartphone with internet access
- Own ABN
- Current Police Check
- Must have public liability insurance

**Support Workers to be successful you must**:

- NDIS Worker Screening Check
- Your own ABN
- Hold a current CPR and/or First Aid Certificate
- Immunisation History Statement
- Police Criminal Record check
- Working with Children
- Public Liability Insurance
- Have completed the NDIS Worker Orientation Module: “Quality, safety and you”
- Knowledge of policies, such as Code of Conduct and Health and Safety system, with special emphasis on the Risk Management, Manual Handling, Emergency Preparedness and Online Reporting. (Information about these policies and procedures will be provided to you during your time at MD Home Care and Services.
- Be a kind, caring and empathetic individual with a passion for supporting people to the best of your ability
- Exceptional communication skills.

**What we offer**:

- Flexible working hours to suit your lifestyle
- Varied work supporting a diverse range of customers
- Ability to work independently and close to home
- Training & development opportunities (including free access to our online learning tools & programs)
- Staff recognition programs
- Ongoing support and advice from experienced, friendly, local office staff

**Next steps**:
**Job Type**: Subcontract

**Salary**: $30.00 - $45.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Employee mentoring program
- Professional development assistance
- Travel reimbursement

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