Personal Care Assistant Carrum Downs

**Family friendly work/life balance workplace**:

- **Rewarding and meaningful work**:

- ** Achieve Job security**:

- ** Save on tax with generous salary packaging benefits -**Novated leasing, general living expenses, regional area benefits, meal entertainment, Holiday Accommodation and Venue hire
- **Paid training & support for professional development**:

- **We support Career Progression -** Scholarship programs, student placement and internal promotion opportunities
- ** Access our Employee Assistance program - **Confidential free counselling (personal, work, financial or legal).
- ** Employee wellness portal** - discounted memberships (e.g. gym, spa)
- ** Eligible staff receive benefits like income protection from our default Superannuation provider**
- ** Are you an experienced and qualified PCA looking to achieve work/life balance closer to home?**

**Permanent part time and casual positions available (AM, PM, Evening)**

**$25.96 - $27.75 p/hr base (depending on experience)**

**+ 10% Superannuation + not for profit packaging**

**The position is based in our new building at Carrum Downs**

**About us...**

**MiCare** is proud to be a culturally and linguistically diverse organisation. A large part of our work is assisting people from a non-Australian background and we respect their culture, their history, their language and tastes, and their stories.

We are here for everyone believing that all people have the right to be respected and their differences celebrated.

**About the role...**

We are looking for an experienced and qualified Personal Care Assistant for our brand new Residential Aged Care Facility in Carrum Downs. Achieve work/life balance by working closer to home and trade the busyness of the city for a more idyllic suburban pace.

Our ideal incumbent will thrive on building strong rapport with our valuable elders and their families, delivering over and above quality care by supporting their daily care needs, completing vital documentation and being a strong contributor to a passionate team

In a role with plenty of variety, your experience, motivation, flexibility and collaborative approach to quality service delivery will be highly regarded.

**About you...**

You will have a flexible, caring, patient attitude and an ability to work in a professional and proficient manner.

**Qualifications**
- Minimum Cert III (Aged Care)

**Skills**:

- The ability to work with frail and/or confused elders and their families within the Accreditation Standards and funding guidelines
- The ability to accept direction and to work in a team environment with mínimal supervision
- The ability or willingness to speak/learn Dutch and an understanding of the Dutch culture and history
- The ability to work in a culturally sensitive manner within an ethno-specific environment
- Basic knowledge of the ageing process
- Demonstrated basic computer skills
- Recognise own abilities and level of competence
- To have a basic knowledge of Work Health and Safety procedures

**A police check with no disclosable outcome, medicare evidence of current influenza and COVID-19 vaccination is required by MiCare for this position.**

**A commitment to work exclusively with MiCare Residential Aged Care facility as your only employer during COVID-19 will be highly regarded.**

**How to apply...**

**For Enquiries...**

**If you meet the above criteria and you’re interested in contributing to an organisation that values the highest level of quality in everything it sets out to achieve, we want to hear from you**

MiCare is a Child Safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children.

MiCare says “NO” to Family Violence. We believe that everyone deserves to feel safe, respected, valued and treated as equals.

MiCare is committed to equal opportunity and ensuring the workplace is reflective of the community. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability.

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