Personal Care Worker

**Personal Care Worker - Qualified**

**Churches of Christ, Oak Towers Aged Care Service**

**Oakleigh, Melbourne Victoria**

**Permanent, Part-time Opportunities**
- Active in the areas of community housing; retirement living; home care; and residential aged care services, Churches of Christ provide care and compassion to vulnerable people at different stages of their life journey._

**Highlighting the importance of this role**

We have an opportunity for a Personal Care Worker with Aged Care experience to join our team at Oak Tower Aged Care Service on a Permanent Part-time basis.

You will be responsible for providing direct care to residents, assisting residents in undertaking of daily living activities that meet the resident’s individual physical, spiritual, social and cultural needs.

You will contribute as an integral member of the Seniors Living group and supports activities aligned with the strategic direction of and consistent with the mission and values of Churches of Christ.

**As a Personal Care Worker you will**:

- Provide personal care, physical and emotional support to residents who require assistance with daily living.
- Participate in the development and review of resident/client care plans; ensure all necessary documentation is complete and accurate to facilitate ongoing planning and provision of care for residents.
- Maintain the personal dignity and privacy of all residents, their representatives and staff, and ensure that all interaction with residents and their representatives are treated confidentially.
- Support and assist in the provision of a comfortable, safe and secure environment.
- Undertake and complete tasks as delegated by Registered Nurse.
- Perform position responsibilities in accordance with the Positive Wellbeing Model of Care.

**What you will bring to the team**

To be successful in this role, you are someone who wants to make a difference in the lives of our senior residents. You are a caring and compassionate individual who will enjoy taking time to build relationships of trust with our residents and ensure that they feel supported and cared for as you provide the best possible care.

You have well-developed communication and interpersonal skills, ability to deliver quality service and to handle the challenges that occur in an organisation driven by change and innovation. You will have well-developed problem solving, decision-making and negotiation skills and proven ability and willingness to support a culture of safety, legislative compliance, quality and continuous improvement.

**Essential Experience, Qualifications and Work availability**
- ** Level 3** **- demonstrated experience in direct care role within aged care.**:

- ** Part-time hour shifts, 30 - 75hrs per fortnight**:

- ** MUST** **be available for weekday shifts from** **Monday - Friday AM / PM** and there is some weekend work, flexible to** work across 7-day roster covering Morning, Afternoon, and Night duty**, sick leave and annual leave support positions.

**Desirable experience and qualifications for this role will include**:

- Certificate III in Individual Support (Aged Care) or Certificate III in Aged Care or equivalent.
- Ability to read, write and communicate effectively in English.
- Completion of the following units of competency: HLTHPS006 - Assist clients with medication.
- Certificate IV in Ageing Support (Aged Care).

Pre-requisite
- Possess a current National Police Certificate - or the ability to acquire.
- Possess a current NDIS Worker Screening Check - or the ability to acquire.
- Importantly, you will be someone who closely aligns with our organisational values of: _**_Unconditional Love, Continual Innovation, Mutual Trust, Wise Stewardship and Safety._**

**Imagine Working for Us**

Our values encourage us to be accepting of differences and embrace all. Our size and variety offer you real choices and opportunities to grow your career.

We also offer:

- Five (5) weeks of annual leave and the ability to purchase more;
- Discounts through our large network of retail partners including:

- JB Hi-Fi,
- The Good Guys,
- Goodlife Health Clubs,
- Bupa Health,
- Plus many more;
- Grants for formalised study.
- A work culture that values you.

**To apply**

**Applications will be assessed as they are received