Village Officer

**Introduction**:
BallyCara is an established charitable organisation that offers a wellness-focused lifestyle for our clients to facilitate independent living, health, and happiness.

At BallyCara, you will belong to a welcoming and inclusive community where your individual strengths and interests are embraced and are the key driver to everything that we create together. We will empower you with flexibility, autonomy and coaching to allow you to make a meaningful difference, whilst supporting you in your career and personal journey.

We inspire healthy and happy living through our SONA® (Happiness) ethos and enhance our employee's wellness through the following employee benefits:

- Emotional Wellness: Enhance your happiness. Accrue a wellness day off each year to take on your birthday, for your family, or just for you because you are worth it.
- Physical Wellness: Improve your health and wellbeing with a fitness allowance for yoga, pilates, swimming, or gym plus access to an online fitness portal LIFT Fitness
- Professional Wellness: Enhance your career with two days of paid study leave combined with yearly study assistance
- Financial Wellness: access not-for-profit salary packaging up to $18,550, receive 17.5% annual leave loading, and up to $1,892 per annum in financial discounts from our Lifeworks EAP and wellbeing portal

**Description**:
**About this opportunity**:
BallyCara 'The Village of Friends' is seeking our next Village Officer (Housekeeping) Superstar.

This is your opportunity to join our small, friendly, supportive team as a Casual Village Officer (Housekeeping) and make a difference in our Village Community.

As a Village Housekeeper, you will be part of a small Village Team that delivers services that are responsive, timely, and empowering to facilitate independent living, health, wellness, and happiness.

You will play a vital role in supporting our clients which may include, but not limited to:

- Meal service
- Vacuuming
- Mopping
- Dusting
- Other general cleaning & tidying

Every client is unique and has individual preferences but in general, you will provide social support and basic domestic assistance and become a trusted partner and provide a ray of warmth and sunshine to the Village residents and their families.

At times you will be asked to help out with additional tasks that can be reasonably performed, not outside your skills and experience, as directed by the VGM.

Having a caring nature will allow you to develop and nurture strong relationships with residents and their families and provide all Residents with outstanding customer service.

**Skills and Experiences**:
Essential
- Previous experience in the aged care or community services industry.
- Basic computer skills to operate tablet devices alongside accurate documentation skills.
- Willingness to work in a wide range of diverse settings including community and at client's homes.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and report as required to your supervisor.
- Empathy, patience and understanding, a great sense of humour and a positive approach to ageing.

Position Requirements
- COVID-19 vaccination status as per government guidelines

How to apply