Community Care Worker

**Immediate Start - Multiple casual after hours roles available. Rewarding and engaging work to assist older people living at home with personal care tasks.**
- Casual work 3 to 4 days per week
- Competitive salary of $39.85 per hour plus penalty rates + paid travel time, paid kilometres and paid training time
- Minimum availability requirements from 5.00pm to 8.30pm Monday to Friday essential with opportunity for additional hours earlier in the day and some regular weekend availability.
- Regular clients located in the Sandringham, Brighton, Hampton and Beaumaris areas

**About the Role**:
Reporting to a Community Care Team Leader you will provide practical household tasks and personal assistance to older people living at home.

You will provide professional, respectful and high-quality assistance to allow our clients to live their best life at home in the community.

You must be willing to undergo a police check, have a driver’s license, your own vehicle with third party insurance and have received at least two COVID-19 vaccination doses or proof of medical exemption. In addition, you will need to obtain an employment-based Working with Children check if successful and prior to commencement. Cost will be reimbursed if employed.

You will be responsible for:

- Undertaking a range of practical household and personal care tasks.
- Ensuring clients receive a flexible and individualised response in accordance with their support plan.
- Monitoring the ongoing health and well-being of clients and their carers and reporting concerns or observations.
- Maintaining client dignity and respecting confidentiality at all times.

**Key Selection Criteria**:
To be successful in this role, you will bring the following skills and competencies:

- Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing, Home and Community) or equivalent as a minimum is mandatory as well as a First Aid Certificate or willingness to obtain upon employment
- Ability to work and communicate with older people, their carers and families
- Excellent organisational skills and ability to follow guidelines
- Demonstrated initiative in undertaking required tasks within available time constraints
- Ability to respond appropriately in emergency situations

**What we can offer you in return**:

- A work life/balance through flexible arrangements.
- Dedicated Staff Wellbeing programs, events and gym membership discounts.
- Learning and development opportunities so our people can grow and thrive.
- A Green Money program, that rewards our staff for taking simple everyday steps to a more substantiable and climate aware living.

If you are ready to be part of our incredible organisation, and you think this role is the right fit for you, then we look forward to finding out more about you and what you would bring to this role.

**How to apply**:

- To discover more about the role and responsibilities review the Position Description on Bayside City Council Careers page.
- If you require reasonable adjustment at any point throughout the recruitment process, then please do let us know by contacting the listed Hiring Manager.

Applications close: Wednesday 21 February, 11:55pm
- Bayside City Council prides itself on its values of _**Respect Each Other**_, _**Own It**_, _**Work Together**_ _and _**Find Better Ways**_._
- Bayside City Council proudly acknowledges the Bunurong People of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land, and we pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging as well as all Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community members with us today._

**Job Type**: Casual

**Salary**: $39.85 per hour

Expected hours: 20 per week

**Benefits**:

- Travel reimbursement

Schedule:

- Afternoon shift
- Evening shift

Supplemental pay types:

- Penalty rates

Work Location: In person