Personal Care Worker

About the role

ARRCS Pulkapulkka Kari Flexible Aged Care home in Tennant Creek, NT are seeking a qualified and experienced Personal Care Worker to join the team on a permanent, full-time basis. This role will see you primarily working in the Tennant Creek community proving in-home care to our elderly consumers. 

Based in Tennant Creek, NT. These roles attract a salary of $ $36.55 / hour dependent on skills and experience.  This role also includes shared, subsidized housing and relocation support of up to $5,000 incl GST. 

This role will see you not only providing in-home care to our community consumers in accordance with their car plan. In addition, you will be travelling to people's homes and maintaining their home and gardens. This will include lawn mowing, Wipper snipping, weeding, and ad hoc cleaning duties around the home and gardens. 

This important, community-based role is suited to people who have care and compassion and enjoys travelling to people's homes, providing care and supporting their independence.

As the successful candidate, you will bring previous experience in an aged care or disability support role and will have the skills and qualifications to complete work with respect and professionalism.  You will hold a minimum of a Certificate III in Individual Care (Ageing or Disability) and must have a current First Aid Certificate (within 3 years) and current CPR (within 12 months).

You will provide a strong work ethic whilst being able to ensure that the care and wellbeing of our residents are kept to the highest standards. You will also be comfortable with completing manual handling tasks including gardening and cleaning. 

Please note: Visa Sponsorship is NOT available with this role. 

Benefits of working with ARRCS:

ARRCS is the largest Aged Care Provider in the NT - your career can take you all over the NT including Alice Springs, Tennant Creek, Katherine or if you relocate interstate ARRCS are a pathway to Uniting Care QLD. Employee benefits include: 

• 6 Weeks Annual Leave + 17.5% Leave Loading – Pro-rata for part-time.
• An annual pay increase in accordance with our current Enterprise Agreement. 
• Salary Packaging through CBB. 
• Access to 70,000 Training and Development Courses through our Learning Platform.
• Telus Employee Wellbeing & Emotional Support.

Skills and Experience

To be considered for this role, we would require you to demonstrate the following

• Minimum of Certificate III or higher in Aged Care, Disability or Individual Care.
• Demonstrated experience in assisting with the activities of daily living in an Aged Care, disability or home care setting. 
• Demonstrated effective and clear communication skills, both verbal and written. 
• Ability to manage and work within a culturally diverse team environment. 
• An ability to undertake a range of manual handling functions relevant to the role. 
• Hold a NT Drivers License without any restrictions 
• Proof of or willing to obtain the following mandatory requirements: 
  • NDIS Workers Screening.
  • National Police Check (dated within 3 months).
  • Current year Flu Vaccination 

About ARRCS

Australian Regional and Remote Community Services (ARRCS) is a not-for-profit aged care and community service provider that was established in July 2014. ARRCS operate residential aged care facilities and community care support programs within communities across the Northern Territory including Darwin, Nhulunbuy, Alice Springs, Katherine, Tennant Creek, Mutitjulu and Docker River.

ARRCS is a service group of Uniting Care Queensland – the health and community service provider of the Uniting Church, and is supported by Blue Care – Also, part of Uniting Care Queensland and one of Australia's leading residential and community aged care providers.

With over 750 staff across the Northern Territory, we are a true community partner, and our team members live our values of Compassion, Justice, Respect, Working Together and Leading through Learning.

For more information, please refer to the attached Position Description or please contact recruitment via or phone

We strongly encourage Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people to apply.