Personal Care Workers

**Position**
**Description**

**Very Special Kids believes that all children and young people have the right to a**
**quality of life, no matter how long or short their life may be.**

Position Title: Personal Care Worker - Grade 2

Location: Malvern

Department Hospice

Reporting To: Hospice Manager

Main Purpose of

Position:
A Very Special Kids Personal Care Worker is responsible for the delivery

of individualised, safe, high quality holistic care to children and young

people and their families accessing Very Special Kids

Working effectively as part of a skilled, creative, professional, and

compassionate team.

Participate in the coordination of play, therapies and activities for the

children and young people accessing the Very Special Kids House Sister

Margaret Noone Hospice.

Assist and support the allied health team and external contractors in the

delivery of programmes.

With the support of nurses, care for children and young people at end of

life or after death and their families within the hospice and/or community

setting.

Number of

Direct Reports

0

Decision Making

Authority

As per Very Special Kids’ Delegation of Authority

Key

Relationships

**Internal**:

- Hospice Manager
- Deputy Hospice Manager
- Senior Hospice Team
- Registered Nurses, Enrolled Nurses & Personal Care Workers
- Very Special Kids Staff and Volunteers
- Service Delivery Team
- Allied Heath Team

**External**:

- Very Special Kids children, young people and families

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Key Selection

Criteria

**Qualifications/ Education Training and Work Experience**
- Minimum of 12 months’ work experience in personal care in either

health, disability or aged care (desirable but not essential)
- Cert III in Disability or similar qualification required
- First Aid Certification highly desirable

**Knowledge and Skills**
- Demonstrated ability to work with children, families and volunteers

within a health/palliative care/hospice setting and commitment to the

provision of family centred care.
- Ability to prioritise workload and be flexible to changing demands
- Ability to work independently (in tasks trained and assessed as

competent to perform)
- High level planning and organisational skills
- Ability to effectively communicate and work in collaboration with the

wider Clinical Services team and external contractors
- Basic to intermediate Excel, Word and Microsoft Outlook skills

required.

**Other Requirements**
- Employees are required to undertake a National Criminal Record

Check and a Working with Children Check prior to commencing

employment.
- Employees are required to maintain a valid Working with Children’s

Check and undertake a National Criminal Record Check every three

years throughout their employment.
- Employees are required to provide and maintain required

immunisations and serology results as part of their employment.

**Personal Attributes**
- Demonstrated ability to manage own time to meet daily roles and

responsibilities in accordance with the position.
- Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills including

written and oral skills
- Commitment to the purpose, values and philosophy of Very Special

Kids
- Commitment to child-safe work practices and environment
- Commitment to quality improvement and ongoing evaluation
- Demonstrated commitment to ongoing development and self-care
- Positive attitude, adaptable, proactive, and creative

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**Key Areas of Responsibility**

**Clinical Care Key Performance Indicators**

Implement delegated aspects of care under the

supervision and delegation of the registered nurse.
Care is provided in accordance with

Very Special Kids policies and

procedures, practicing within own

scope of practice

“All about me” and care plans are

read, understood, updated, and

implemented in collaboration with

the child, young person, parents or

caregiver and care team.

Assist the Registered Nurses in maintaining

administrative systems for children.
Clinical notes and all

documentation, both hard copy and

those stored electronically are

updated in accordance with policy

and procedure.

Ensure maintenance of confidential family records All records maintained in

accordance with the Very Special

Kids Privacy and Confidentiality

policies.

**Teamwork Key Performance Indicators**

Works together with medical, nursing, personal care,

allied health and family support team to provide best

quality care.

Quality of care provided in the

Hospice.

Assist in the implementation and execution of audit

schedule and incident reporting.

Participation in audits and reporting

of any risk or incident.

Communicates and collaborates to build positive and

harmonious working relationships across the

organisation.

Effective relationships built with

Fundraising, Corporate, Family

Support teams.

Work collaboratively with Family

Support Practitioners to provide

holistic clinical care for children and

support to their families.

Implements strat