Reliever - Personal Carer

**Minimum 30hrs per fortnight - Perm Part Time**:

- **$30.11 per hour plus applicable penalties**:

- **92c p/km travel allowance**

**Are you passionate about helping people? This role rewards you with higher pay for servicing clients across a variety of areas within metro Perth**

Experience the freedom of community care work and support vulnerable people to stay in the comfort of their own homes throughout Perth - be the reason someone doesn’t have to move out of the place they feel safest. This is an exciting opportunity to join Australia’s leading in-home care provider at an increased per hour rate with allowances for travel time.

**Role**:
**Reliever - Personal Carer** (Care Aide): Deliver health services to Silverchain clients throughout the Perth metropolitan area including personal care, social support, respite care, home-exercise programs and occasional domestic assistance.

**Reliever Shifts**:
Our reliever Care Aide can receive shifts between Monday to Friday, 7am-3pm.

**Key Responsibilities**

Our Care Aides deliver exceptional care and support to our clients. Responsibilities can include skin care, toileting, general hygiene, grooming, dressing, fitting and removal of pressure stockings, mobility, fluid intake, feeding, meal preparation, respite and assisting with medication.

Support will also be required with Home Help duties, these can include general housekeeping, social support and basic first aid

**About you**:
To be successful in this role, you will need to be passionate about delivering the best care and also possess:

- Certificate III in Aged Care, Individual Support, HACC or Disability (mandatory) or Enrolled / Registered Nurse (min of 1st year training essential)
- Minimum of 12 months experience in a similar role
- Experience delivering low, moderate and complex care, preferably within the community.
- Fantastic interpersonal skills with the ability to prioritise workload and work independently.
- Solid working knowledge of the Wellness Approach (HACC) and understand the concept of early intervention and restorative care.
- Satisfactory national Police Certificate (on commencement of employment and updated every three years per the Aged Care Act 1997).
- Current motor vehicle driver’s licence in addition to access to a reliable registered motor vehicle with a minimum of third-party insurance.

**Big benefits when you join Silverchain**:

- Salary packaging - up to $18,550 tax free per annum
- Leave loading 17.5%
- Travel allowance of $0.92 per k/m
- Subsidised gym membership - $15 per week to access hundreds of different fitness venues
- Health insurance programmes - discounts with HBF, Medibank & nib
- Mental health support - up to 3 free sessions with a degree-qualified psychologist per year
- Smart phone & training provided to perform your work
- Internal referral rewards - refer a friend or family member receive a $250 e-voucher
- Based on Silver Chain Group Policy and Government Directions, you will be required to provide evidence of vaccination against COVID-19 including booster, or evidence of a medical exemption in order to commence employment with Silver Chain._

**Interested?**

**What is a recruitment pool?**

We use recruitment pools to build a bank of talent suited to both current and future opportunities within Silverchain. This advert is for a recruitment pool process that may be used to fill appointments within the locations stated above.

Applicants who are successfully appointed to the pool may be contacted by Silverchain at any time and offered positions - applicants who decline an offer will remain in the pool and given opportunity for future offers.

Appointment to the pool is not a guarantee of job offer.

**About Silver Chain Group**

Silver Chain Group are proud members of the Diversity Council of Australia, and our greatest strength is our people. Driven by our values of integrity, respect, trust and compassion, we aspire to create a better home care system for all Australians. With a proud history of more than 125 years, Silver Chain Group is an employer of choice and the leading provider of high-quality health and aged care in the homes and communities of more than 65,000 Western Australians every year. Join our team of more than 4,450 staff, caring for more than 105,000 clients across Australia. We’ll provide you with opportunities to help you develop and grow in your career, with training and education programs to help you achieve your goals.