Home Care Worker

Do you live in Sydney's Inner West and are passionate about supporting older people? Join Uniting and positively impact the lives of seniors in your community
**Position**: Permanent Part-time, Monday to Friday
**Location**: Sydney's Inner West
**Salary**: $29.81 - $34.76 per hour + 99c per km + travel time + Salary Packaging

**Requirements**: A Comprehensively Insured Car and a Current Licence to Drive
Do you speak Italian, Spanish, Greek, Arabic, Thai? Culturally and linguistically diverse applicants strongly encouraged to apply
What you’ll be doing in this role
As a Uniting Home Care Worker, you will help us ensure continuity of care for our clients as you provide practical support and companionship for older people living in Sydney's Inner West area. You will empower independence and improve the quality of life for our clients in their own homes.
With a focus on supporting our clients to stay independent for as long as possible, duties and responsibilities may include:

- Help at home: Assist with housekeeping, grocery shopping, and meal preparation.
- Transport for wellbeing: Escort clients to appointments, shopping trips, and social activities.
- Personal Care: Support with personal hygiene, toileting, showering, dressing, meal assistance, and medication administration.

**What We Offer You**:

- A rewarding career with a leading human services organisation.
- $500 bonus at 6 and 12 months.
- Up to $18,550 NFP salary packaging available.
- Access to our U rewards program with exclusive discounts.
- Flexible work hours for work-life balance.
- Access to Fitness Passport - Live your best life.
- A supportive, inclusive, and collaborative work environment.
- Opportunities for professional growth.
- Purchase of additional leave.

**Qualifications and Experience**:

- Certificate III/IV in Aged Care, Individual Support, or equivalent qualification.
- Previous experience in aged or community care preferred, or a strong desire to begin a career in aged care.
- Empathetic and resourceful, embodying Uniting’s values of compassion, respect, imagination, and boldness.
- Flexibility to accommodate the evolving needs and schedules of our clients.
- A provisional or full Australian driving license and access to a comprehensively insured, reliable vehicle.

At Uniting, we welcome and celebrate everyone regardless of lifestyle, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation and gender identity and proudly create a safe and inclusive environment for staff and clients.
We are bold, imaginative, respectful and compassionate
About Uniting Aged Care
When you’re part of Uniting NSW & ACT, you’re part of a diverse, purpose-led team of people who are really making a difference to the world around them.
We contribute to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services and spiritual care. We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.
Uniting leaders and employees work together to create a culture that is safe, inclusive and person-centred. We bring this to life every day through our values: compassionate, respectful, imaginative and bold.
Uniting acknowledges the continuing sovereignty and rich cultural diversity of Australia’s First Peoples. We pay our respects to all Elders - past, present, and emerging - and to all First Peoples on whose lands we live and work.
Uniting is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing, and inclusion of children and young people.
Uniting is an equal opportunity at will employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, religion, colour, disability, sex, sexual orientation or national origin.