Personal Care Assistant

4 days ago

Bundoora, Victoria, Australia Concord School Full time $60,000 - $90,000 per year

Located in Bundoora, a northern suburb of Melbourne, on two campuses, Concord is a specialist school which caters for students with mild intellectual disability between the ages of 5 and 18 years. Students come from a wide geographical area and a diverse socio-economic background. The Watsonia Campus caters for students aged between 5 and 9 years of age. The Bundoora Campus caters for 9 to 18 year old students. Both campuses are situated in attractive, well maintained grounds with excellent facilities which include:

- Discovery Centre

- Fully equipped gymnasium

- Food Technology Centre

- Art and Craft room

- Well-resourced library

- Physical Education & Performing Arts Centre

- Six school excursion buses

- Comprehensive and innovative eLearning facilities and resources

- Modern playground equipment

- Shaded outdoor playing areas

The school, with 150 teaching and ancillary staff, has a current enrolment of 420 students. Enrolment is dependent on eligibility criteria as determined by the Department of Education. Concord School supports integration into or from mainstream schools. Support services available to parent/carers and students include access to educational psychologists, speech therapists, occupational therapists and visiting teacher services. Intensive social competency programs also form part of the core curriculum across the school.

Concord School is currently seeking two dedicated Personal Care Assistants to work at our school in 2026.

Role:

With the necessary training, Personal Care Attendants are expected to undertake duties that include:

  • Maintaining personal hygiene of students including attendant care as required
  • Lifting and hoisting students
  • Physically supporting students in walking and bike riding programs
  • Dressing and undressing students
  • Supporting student communication including using specialised equipment
  • Pushing children in wheelchairs including engaging and disengaging brakes as required
  • Maintaining the cleanliness of classrooms and children's outside play areas
  • Supporting classroom teachers and therapists in the everyday learning program
  • Other duties as directed by the Principal.

Selection Criteria

1.    Demonstrate successful experience in working as a team to support students with disabilities

2.    Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively with a range of individuals including teachers, therapists and students, including the ability to accept direction and feedback

3.    Capacity to be physically involved in programs across the school including manual handling and personal care

4.    Capacity to mindfully undertake personal care tasks, as part of a team, ensuring students have opportunities to develop their skills while maintaining their safety and dignity

Other Information

This position is part time 0.39FTE and attendance will be required 5 days per week. The working hours for this role are 10:15am to 1:15pm from Monday to Friday.

Please ensure that your application includes:

  • a resume including relevant experience as well as personal details (name, address and contact numbers, business and home)
  • a section addressing the selection criteria
  • names and contact numbers (telephone and email if possible) of three professional referees

Please note that the selection panel may seek additional referees beyond those you name. Consistent with policy, we shall advise you if we will take this action.

Further information on this role can be found on School Jobs Vic.

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