Personal Carer Residential

_**Personal Carer Residential - NEW Earn While You Learn Program**_

**Personal Carer | Blue Care |Maleny**
- **Employment Status**: Permanent Part time positions offering a minimum of 30 hours per fortnight, with flexible work times available
- **Remuneration**: $23.57 p/hr + 10.5% Super + Not for Profit Tax Benefits (Increases your take home pay) + Allowances & Reimbursements (KM’s) + Employee Discounts
- **The Program**: Complete a Certificate 3 in Individual Support with us, while you earn an income We’ll connect you with government funding so you **complete the certificate at no cost (valued at approx. $3650)**

**The Role**:
Once a fully qualified personal carer you’ll provide care to your clients living in our residential home, supporting their independence and improving their quality of life through activities that include:

- Daily living assistance including showering, personal hygiene, help at meal times and general mobility
- Providing care in accordance with their individualised Care Plan
- Supporting with community based recreational and social activities

While completing your certificate you will undertake these same duties, with the guidance of a qualified Personal Carer.

**What you’ll need**:

- Basic experience with technology incl. smartphones, tablets, laptops etc.
- NDIS Workers Screening Clearance or willingness to obtain
- Confidence to satisfy the relevant probity checks required by legislation or policies
- Full right to work in Australia
- Evidence of COVID Vaccinations

**Supporting you to support others.**

We’ve been caring for Queenslander’s for over 65 years. Whether we’re on the road, in people’s homes or in our centres, everything our dedicated team of more than 8,000 people do is built on enabling independence, choice and freedom. We’re proudly not-for-profit and offer you:

- **Support to complete a Certificate 3** through workplace-based training
- **Flexible work arrangements **to support work-life balance
- Access to **salary packaging, meal and entertainment benefits** - up to **$15,900 **per year tax free as well as up to **$2,650** of your pre-tax income to pay for meal and entertainment benefits
- **A recognition and rewards platform**, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, a wellbeing program and employee assistance program
- **9 weeks paid parental leave** in addition to the government scheme
- A **positive **and **inclusive **team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others
- **Career development opportunities **with one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

**BlueCare is proudly part of the UnitingCare Family, we’d love you to be too**

Joining the state’s largest network of aged care workers with its over 8,000 strong, bright team in blue, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. With more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of _BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital,_ you are part of something bigger. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

**Start making a difference today**
- **Diversity & Inclusion**_
- Our approach is simple -everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position._
- **Safe workplace**_
- We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety._
- **Vaccination**_
- All employees are required to comply with statutory and Government requirements and UnitingCare's COVID-19 vaccination requirements policy. The successful applicant must be able to provide a Covid-19 Certificate before commencing employment._

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 15 per week

**Salary**: $23.57 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring program
- Maternity leave
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Salary packaging
- Travel reimbursement

Schedule:

- Afternoon shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Flexible hours
- Shift work

Supplemental pay types:

- Penalty rates

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Maleny, QLD 4552: