Care Worker

Up to $28.94 p/h + super, penalties, maximum allowable NFP tax benefits
- Great opportunities for qualified and unqualified carers
- Permanent part-time with flexible hours to suit you
- **About the facility**

Conveniently located in the beautiful Goonellabah township, Uniting Caroona is surrounded by an abundance of natural beauty. With 4 separate households, each with up to 20 residents. Your Uniting Homemaker ensures that the community is thriving and doing things that are meaningful and enjoyable.

**What you’ll be doing in this role**

As a Carer for Hotel services support, you’ll provide quality, timely and effective hotel services such as catering, cleaning, and laundry to residents living in our aged care home, to help support their independence and improve their quality of life. Uniting seeks Care Workers - Hotel Services for kitchen support duties to work at Uniting Caroona in Goonellabah part time basis.

Join one of Australia’s leading residential aged care service providers for a career filled with heart and purpose. We’d love to hear from you.

**Your care work may include**:

- Providing support with household activities such as catering, cleaning and laundry making their dignity and independence a top priority
- Paying attention to personal safety and risk management for you and our residents by using appropriate manual handling techniques and food safety
- Supporting residents in community-based recreational and social activities.

**Who we’re looking for**
- Ideally, you’ll have a Certificate II in Hospitality or an equivalent qualification. If you’re not currently qualified and would like to be, then we can help you get there.
- You’ll have previous experience in similar position (catering / kitchenhand, cleaning or laundry services) or any other community care
- You’ll be adaptable, empathetic and resourceful, and be able to live Uniting’s everyday values of being compassionate, respectful, imaginative, and bold.

**What We Offer You**:

- A rewarding career with a leading human services organisation.
- Up to $18,550 NFP salary packaging available.
- Access to our U rewards program with exclusive discounts.
- Access to Fitness Passport - Live your best life.
- A supportive, inclusive, and collaborative work environment
- A commitment to offer opportunities to grow your career
- Purchase of additional leave

Click here to learn more about our great benefits: Benefits of working at Uniting

**Who is Uniting?**

When you’re part of Uniting NSW.ACT, you’re part of a diverse, purpose-led team of people who are really making a difference to the world around them.

We contribute to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services and spiritual care. We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

Uniting leaders and employees work together to create a culture that is safe, inclusive and person-centred. We bring this to life every day through our values: compassionate, respectful, imaginative and bold.

Uniting acknowledges the continuing sovereignty and rich cultural diversity of Australia’s First Peoples. We pay our respects to all Elders - past, present, and emerging - and to all First Peoples on whose lands we live and work.

Uniting is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of children and young people.

**How to apply**

**What to expect**

Please know that employment with Uniting will require a National Police Check, and Reference Checks.