Support Worker

Are you driven to enhance the lives of seniors in your community, helping them live independently and fully in their own homes?
Join us as **Home Care Support Workers**, providing meaningful care for our elderly clients as if they were family.

**_ Casual Position: Casual - Shifts available Monday - Friday 7:00am - 6:00pm_**
**_Remuneration: $33.61 - $34.50/ per hour + Supe + Salary Packaging + Staff discounts & benefits_**
**_Location: Gympie - QLD_**

**Your Role - Supporting & Encouraging Growth**:
At Lutheran Services, we are looking for compassionate and motivated Support Workers to provide flexible, person-centered support to individuals. As a Support Worker in Home Care you will be assisting our clients to live their fullest lives at home by assisting with dressing or showering, transfers to shopping or doctors' appointments, cooking and light domestic tasks. Your care and support will foster a safe and nurturing environment that promotes overall well-being.

**As a Support Worker, you will**:

- Provide flexible, support tailored to client needs and preferences.
- Assist with personal care and daily living tasks, ensuring dignity and independence.
- Encourage community participation and social engagement for individuals.
- Support skill development and independence-building activities.
- Work collaboratively with case managers and other stakeholders.
- Maintain accurate documentation of client care and interactions.

**What You Bring**to** the Team**:

- **_Certificate III or higher_** in Individual Support, Disability Support, Aged Care, or Home Care.
- A strong passion for empowering individuals with disabilities.
- Excellent interpersonal skills to build positive relationships with clients and their families.
- Flexibility to work within a structured fortnightly schedule.
- A valid **_Open Queensland Driver’s Licence_**.
- A valid **_NDIS Worker Screening Clearance_**.

**Why Choose Us?**
- Salary packaging, enjoy up to **$15,990 of your salary tax-free**:

- allocate a portion of your salary to rent/ mortgage/ car lease or everyday expenses before your salary is taxed
- and you take home more pay
- Exclusive **supplier discounts** across a range of services—including **AIA Health Cover**, **Pest Audit**, **AGL (electricity and gas)**, and **The Cosmetics Company** for great deals on appliances and holidays
- Enjoy access to our **Employee Assistance Program**:

- Opportunities for skills and career growth
- we support additional study with time off and some paid support. Move into other areas of care
- diversional therapy, nursing or home and community care to name a few.
- Above Award Wages with a brand new EA

**About Us**:
**Lutheran Services** is a **not-for-profit organisation**, providing exceptional care and support to communities across Queensland for the past **90 years**. We provide aged care, retirement living and home care services for older people, with community services including mental health, disability, youth and family, and domestic and family violence support. We draw on a rich Lutheran tradition of care, placing the wellbeing of our clients at the heart of everything we do. Where our people to love what they do, supporting over **6,000** people each year across more than **25 sites**.

Part of Lutheran Services, Zion Gympie supports older members of the Gympie**community to stay in their own home for longer. We are committed to enhancing the quality of life for our clients. We take pride in our mission to deliver person-centred care, promoting independence, dignity, and a sense of belonging.