Personal Care Assistant

At Eldercare, we believe aged care is more than just a job — it's a chance to bring comfort, dignity, and connection to the lives of others. If you have a kind heart, a steady hand, and a passion for making people feel truly cared for, we'd love to welcome you to our team.

As a Personal Care Assistant, you'll play a key role in helping our residents live with dignity, comfort, and joy. You'll follow individual care plans to provide support with personal care, daily tasks, and mobility — always with empathy and respect.

Why Choose Eldercare
Eldercare is a leading not-for-profit aged care provider in South Australia, with over 2000 dedicated team members and 13 vibrant sites across Adelaide Metro and the Yorke Peninsula. We're proud of our inclusive, supportive workplace where teamwork, innovation, and our purpose — delivering peace of mind with our care — come first.

About The Role

• Delivering exceptional direct care that enhances quality of life
• Assisting with daily living tasks and personal hygiene
• Supporting residents' physical and emotional wellbeing
• Building trusted relationships with residents, families, and team members
• Contributing to a warm, inclusive and positive care culture

To Be Successful In This Role, You'll Need

• Working rights in Australia
• Possess a Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing) or Aged Care – or equivalent
• Minimum 6 months experience in an aged care setting
• Willing to work Afternoon and Night shifts
• A genuine passion to provide care that is person-centered
• The ability to work individually and in a team
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Enjoy building positive relationships with residents their families and staff

If you want to join our inspiring team, we can offer you:

• Attractive staff benefits such as salary packaging
• An opportunity to contribute to the care and quality of life for our residents
• A values-driven organisation
• A great team environment with variety in the role
• Ongoing professional development in a caring environment
• Modern facility with onsite parking

Eldercare encourage you to apply if you are a committed and results-driven individual who is passionate about delivering high-quality outcomes whilst modelling the behaviours underpinning Eldercare's values of respect, accountability and connection.

To view the Job & Person Specification for this role, please click here .

To work for Eldercare, you are required to have a police clearance valid for working in aged care (unsupervised contact with vulnerable people) and the clearance needs to be less than 12 months since date of issue.

As per Eldercare's Employee Immunisation Policy, all Eldercare employees are required to:

• Be vaccinated against seasonal influenza by no later than 1 June each year
• Be vaccinated against COVID-19 as per current ATAGI guidelines

Exemptions on a temporary or permanent basis can only be approved by Eldercare's Chief Executive.

Eldercare welcomes and respects the diversity that our residents, staff and volunteers bring. Regardless of their culture, religion, spirituality, age, gender, sexuality, disability, socio-economic background or personal experiences, our people are included and respected.

Eldercare is proud to be a Rainbow Tick accredited organisation. We are committed to supporting our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) residents, staff and volunteers to ensure they feel included and safe.

Eldercare encourages respectful relationships and does not accept any form of gender‑based violence in the workplace. Eldercare is committed to preventing violence against women and is proud to be a White Ribbon accredited workplace to support victims of abuse.

All employees can expect to receive fair and equal treatment and to be free from discrimination in all aspects of their life with Eldercare.

Eldercare is proud to provide a smoke-free environment across all sites.