Care Worker

**Care Worker - At Home Services**

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of older Australians? Do you enjoy helping people with everyday activities and achieve their potential?

Do you want to join a supportive and values-driven organisation and work within your own hours?

If you answered yes to these questions, then we have an exciting opportunity for you

**About the role**

We are looking for passionate, enthusiastic, and motivated Care worker for this unique role

As a Permanent Part-time Care Worker supporting our Transitional Care clients on the **Central Coast area including Gosford/Ourimbah**, you will be an essential part of our BaptistCare At Home team.

Your role is vital as you provide short-term, specialised care and support to help our clients regain their functional independence at home, after a hospital stay.

Your dedication and expertise in this area will make a significant difference in our clients' lives, helping them to recover and thrive in the comfort of their own homes. By working together as part of the client’s care team, we are able to ensure that our clients receive the best possible care and support during their recovery process.

You will also provide quality care and support to our broader base of clients in their own homes to support their independence.

You may assist with a range of tasks pertaining to household cleaning and laundry, personal care including showering, personal hygiene and dressing, maintaining continence or managing incontinence, medication assistance, food preparation and transport to name a few. You will also develop genuine connections with your clients and help them live their best possible lives.

**To support you in your role**
- We offer a comprehensive orientation program including buddy shifts.
- You’ll have direct access to a dedicated supervisor to support you.
- Access to a dedicated learning and development team to support your ongoing professional development and career pathways.
- Earn $32.74 to $33.82 per hour + superannuation + paid travel time and km mileage between clients + salary sacrifice benefits

**What do we need from you?**
- You will have a completed Certificate III in Individual Support
- You will have an unrestricted Australian Driver Licence and a reliable vehicle with Third Party Property Damage Insurance to transport clients.
- Hold current Influenza vaccination or be willing to obtain
- Hold a current First Aid/CPR Certificate or be willing to obtain
- Willingness to travel within the Central Coast to client's homes
- You will be a strong communicator with resilience and patience.
- This specific position requires you to have had the following vaccinations_ _and/or specific evidence will need to be provided_:

- Adult Diptheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (whooping cough) - adult dose of pertussis containing vaccine (dTpa) in the previous 10 years
- Hepatitis B - age-appropriate course of Hepatitis B vaccine and Anti HB's serology, or evidence of past infection
- Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) - 2 doses MMR vaccine at least 1 month apart OR positive serology for measles, mumps and rubella OR birth date before 1966
- Varicella (Chickenpox) - age-appropriate course of vaccination or positive serology
- Tuberculosis - evidence options _*TB screening (TST or IGRA) is required in specific instances, such as if the person was born in a country with high incidence of TB_

**About Us**

We are proud to be part of the merged care organisation that will be known nationally as BaptistCare. As a for purpose, Christian care organisation, we are committed to providing exceptional support and services across Australia. Together with Baptcare (VIC, TAS, SA) and Baptist Care SA we employ over 12,000 dedicated employees and support over 38,000 customers to help people live well with dignity and purpose. From older Australians and their families to people facing significant disadvantage, our passion and our priority are the customers we serve. We strive to deliver care as it should be - with people right at the centre.

**The benefits are endless when you join BaptistCare**

Enjoy access to salary packaging which may increase your take-home pay, novated leasing, rewards and recognition, programs to support your wellbeing, employee referral program and retail discounts to name a few.