Personel Care Worker

**Description**:
**_Be rewarded with more than just your pay when you work with us, as a Right at Home team member, you will be eligible for our Right about You rewards program, this program gives you FREE access to fitness, financial, mindfulness and nutritional programs as well as CASH BACK and DISCOUNTS at over 400 stores including groceries and petrol to help reduce your cost of living We also love to recognise our staff whenever they do a great job that goes above and beyond for our clients, especially when you’ve done this to align with our Values of being Authentic, Approachable, Accountable, Collaborative while always maintaining your Integrity._**

**Our Company**

**Improve**: Our services are goal-oriented, and objectives focused on the overall improvement of our client’s lives.

**Quality of Life**: Quality of life differs from person to person - circumstances change, needs change. We individually assess our clients to ascertain their quality of life, how it may have been compromised, and how it can be improved.

**Serve**: We provide a service that achieves a stated purpose, that is useful, and assists our clients in a meaningful way.
- Right at Home provides high quality in-home care and assistance to our valued clients in the Sunshine Coast, Noosa, Gympie & Moreton Bay regions. We support people living with Alzheimer’s, dementia and cognitive decline, disabilities, post-operative care needs and older Australians. Our services help clients remain safe and independent in their own homes. Our mission to improve the quality of life for those we serve._

**About the role**

We currently have casual positions available for reliable and passionate Home Care Professionals to join our team. You will need to be friendly, positive and demonstrate client-focused behaviour, showing empathy and treating others with dignity and respect. You’ll also need to have a natural ability to build relationships that make a difference, be honest, helpful and dependable, making you a great asset to our team.

**Responsibilities will include**:

- Variety of shifts available including weekends and active overnights
- Working within a person-centred, enabling environment that respects the rights and needs of each client
- Assisting clients with personal hygiene, dressing and domestic duties
- Assisting clients with daily errands, companionship and support
- Providing support with academic, social or recreational activities
- Preparing food, feeding clients and assisting medications
- Observe, care and report any changes in the health and wellbeing of the client
- Responding to emergency situations

**Essential Criteria**:

- **No Experience or Career Change**:

- Certificate III in Individual Support or equivalent (Desirable but not essential)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Willingness to learn, develop and take on new challenges
- Current National Police Check
- Current First Aid & CPR certificates
- Current unrestricted driver’s licence
- Comprehensive insurance (desirable)
- Double COVID Vaccination as per Queensland Government requirement

**Preferred Skills**:
**_Position 1: Companion Care (Non-qualified or no experience)_**
- **Homemaker Services**: Cooking, Meal preparation and clean-up, monitor diet and nutrition, pet care and pet monitoring, prepare grocery list.
- **Light Housekeeping Services**: Mop, sweep and vacuum floors, clean kitchen counters and appliances, clean bathrooms, dust, organise and tidy up rooms, make the beds and change linen, laundry, take out garbage
- **Home Activities**: Help with letters and reading the mail, reading, rent and watch movies, companionship, and friendly conversation, play cards or board games
- **Transportation-** to and from doctors’ appointment/social events, errands-mail letters, bills or packages, grocery shopping, outing to the theatre, film performances, art galleries, the RSL, coffee shop, visits with friends, take walks, visit the park.

**_ Position 2: Personal Care Worker (Cert 3 in Individual Support
- Aged Care and Disability)._**
- Bathing, Hygiene, grooming and dressing, continence care/toileting
- Help with mobility, reduce the risk of slips and falls, help with exercise
- Assistance with eating, medication assistance
- **Also including Homemaker Services, Light Housekeeping Services, Home Activities, Transportation and Outdoor Activities. (See above)**
- **Willing to travel to Kilcoy and Woodfood, also working within the Moreton Bay Region.