Direct Care Worker Residential

Job no: 912731

Work type: Casual

Location: South East

Categories: Catering and Hospitality, Community and Social Services, Child, Aged and Disability Care, Support Services

• Limestone Coast Local Health Network, Naracoorte Health Service
• Salary: $ $29.41 per hour + 25% casual loading - Casual, working over a 7 day roster - WHA3
• Eligibility Open to Everyone

Join Our Team as a Casual Direct Care Worker - Residential at Naracoorte Hospital

Are you a compassionate and dedicated individual looking to make a meaningful impact in aged care? Naracoorte Hospital is seeking a skilled Casual Direct Care Worker to assist in providing exceptional care and support to our residents in the Residential Care Home.

About the Role: As a Casual Direct Care Worker, you will play a crucial role in delivering personalised care to our elderly residents. Your responsibilities will include assisting with personal hygiene, toileting, feeding, and mobility support, as well as maintaining a clean and safe environment for both residents and staff.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide assistance with bathing, showering, personal hygiene, dressing, and grooming.
• Support toileting and continence management for residents.
• Aid in feeding residents and maintaining their mobility through transferring and lifting, including using mechanical aides.
• Perform routine tasks such as bed making, cleaning equipment and aids, and distributing clean laundry.
• Record general observations, contribute to resident assessments, and identify diversional therapy needs.
• Complete documentation according to established policies and procedures.

What We're Looking For:

• Ability to work effectively under direction and as part of a team.
• Strong communication skills to interact with residents, families, and staff from diverse backgrounds.
• Commitment to maintaining resident confidentiality and demonstrating empathy towards the elderly.
• Willingness to build positive relationships with residents and their families.
• Flexibility to work casual hours and adapt to varying needs within the care environment.

Why Join Us?

• Make a real difference and feel like an important part of the community. Being part of the Limestone Coast Local Health Network means you will be supported both personally and professionally, can take advantage of education and training opportunities, will have access to flexible working hours and be part of an inter-professional approach to holistic health care.
• Collaborative and supportive work environment where your ideas are valued.
• Benefit from flexible working hours and a role that values your contribution to holistic health care.
• As an employee of Limestone Coast Local Health Network we also offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is.

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Your lifestyle

• Relaxed and affordable lifestyle
• Access to safe beaches, excellent recreational fishing, sailing and surf
• Outstanding National Parks and great sporting and recreational facilities
• Well-serviced with educational facilities, including TAFE and University campuses
• Plenty of social activities including sporting clubs, music groups and great food and beverage experiences

The Limestone Coast Local Health Network provides a wide range of health care services to residents within the Limestone Coast region, which is situated in the southeastern part of South Australia and extending all the way to the Victorian border.

Services include accident and emergency, day and inpatient surgery, aboriginal health, obstetric services, community health, paediatric and aged care services.

Our health facilities have dedicated, experienced staff who strive to meet the needs of the community by providing the highest level of health care within the Mount Gambier, Bordertown, Keith, Kingston, Lucindale, Millicent, Naracoorte and Penola areas.

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Applicant Information

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.

Check(s)

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check
• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)

Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances).

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

The Limestone Coast Local Health Network (LCLHN) is committed to building a flexible, diverse and inclusive culture, planning for and promoting diversity. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as well as diverse community groups and ages including, LGBTQI+, people living with a disability and other diversity groups. The LCLHN recognises the benefits that such an approach brings for our staff and consumers in being an employer of choice.

For more information about the role please refer to the Job Pack provided below. Job ref: 912731

Enquiries

Samantha Bueti

Administration Manager

Phone:

Email:

Application Closing Date

15 August 2026, 11:55PM

Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information.

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Advertised: 04 Sep 2025 Cen. Australia Standard Time

Applications close: 15 Aug 2026 Cen. Australia Standard Time