Personal Carer

**Reference Number**
- 43528

**Position Title**
- Personal Carer

**Employment Type**
- Permanent Part Time, Permanent Full Time, Casual

**Entity**
- Metro North

**Location**
- Brisbane Northside Community Care, Brisbane North Integrated Service, Redcliffe Community Care, Sandgate Community Care, Red Hill Community Care, Caboolture Community Care

**Enterprise agreement**
- Care & Support Services - Care Employee Level 3

**Roles Available**
- 1

**Position Summary**

**Personal Carer | Blue Care | Brisbane North**
- **Employment Status**: Secure Permanent Part Time and Casual Positions available
- **Location**: Metro North Community
- **Permanent Remuneration**: $24.76 per hour + 10.5% Super + Not for Profit Tax Benefits (Increases your take home pay) + Employee Discounts
- **Casual Remuneration**:$30.95 per hour + 10.5% Super + Not for Profit Benefits

**We’re seeking Personal Carers to deliver holistic person-centred care to our community clients in Brisbane.**

**This is a great opportunity for Personal Carers, AINs and Support workers aiming to secure a permanent contract in a leading not for profit organisation setting new standards in aged care.**

You’ll provide care to your clients living in the community, supporting their independence and improving their quality of life.- With no two days ever the same, you’ll spend your time on the road completing your scheduled visits, interacting one-on-one with clients and their loved ones within their homes completing activities that include:
- In home personal care, daily living assistance including showering, personal hygiene, meal preparation, house cleaning, laundry & ironing
- Providing care in accordance with their individualised Care Plan
- Supporting with community based recreational and social activities
- Transportation and assistance with shopping and appointments

**What you’ll need**:

- Certificate III Aged Care, Home and Community Care or Disability Support (Desirable)
- Blue Card and Yellow Card or willingness to obtain
- Current Australian drivers licence and roadworthy vehicle as required
- Experience with technology incl. smartphones, tablets, laptops etc
- Confidence to satisfy the relevant probity checks required by legislation or policies
- Evidence of COVID Vaccinations
- Supporting our clients in the best way possible is important to us. To be employed by Blue Care, you will be required to complete the free NDIS Worker Orientation Module prior to commencement and provide a copy of your certificate on completion.**Supporting you to support others.**
- We’ve been caring for Queenslander’s for over 65 years. Whether we’re on the road, in people’s homes or in our centres, everything our dedicated team of more than 8,000 people do is built on enabling independence, choice and freedom. We’re proudly not-for-profit and offer you:
- Access to salary packaging & meal and entertainment benefits - access up to $15,900 per year tax free as well as up to $2,650 of your pre-tax income to pay for meal and entertainment benefits
- Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
- Employee assistance, health & wellness programs
- Values-based culture & rewards and recognition
- Ongoing learning & development - Medication Assistance course offered as part of employment
- Up to 18 weeks paid parental leave
- Discounts on private health funds, retail and accommodation deals and discounted hospital admissions in our UnitingCare Hospitals

**Ready to work together?**
- We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.- UnitingCare as part of our commitment to reconciliation and building long term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, would strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position. You can learn more about UnitingCare's Reconciliation Action Plan _here
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**Please Note**: To ensure the health and safety of our people, and the clients, residents, patients and people we serve at Uniting Care Queensland, all staff are required to comply with statutory and Government requirements, such as public health directions, and Uniting Care's vaccination policy requirements, with respect to COVID-19 vaccinations.
- **The successful applicant must be able to meet Uniting Care's mandate of receiving all recommended doses of approved Covid-19 vaccines (including boosters) approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration and the provision of Covid-19 Certificate before commencing employment.**

**Selection Criteria**
- Desirable: Can you demonstrate (or are you prepared to attain) vaccination for vaccine preventable diseases including; COVID-19 and Flu?
- Desirable: Do you have your own Vehicle and Licence?
- Desirable: Do you hold a Certificate III in Aged Care, Indi