Home Care Support Worker #Gateshead#

**Community Support Worker - join us to make a difference**

**#Gateshead# **_$28 - $31 per hour_

Are you a Personal Care superstar? Our clients are waiting to meet you

Are you someone who would like to support those in Aged Care and Disability Support? Do you think you have the empathy, patience, flexibility, work ethic and energy to be an outstanding Support Worker? Would you like to work with one of the TOP leaders in the field?

We're **Living Made Easy** and together we can make a difference.

Looking to build a Caring career and wanting to work 5-10 hours per week? Or subsidise your existing income with 2 to 2 1/2 hour evening shifts? Approx 7pm to 9pm.

**The Role**

We can provide you with opportunities for all of the above, helping you to shape and improve the lives of those you support - building partnerships, and inspiring them to experience possibilities which without you, would simply not be available

Working to various shift schedules, as well as irregular hours with the availability to work early mornings and occasional evenings, you will be someone who can be relied upon to make yourself available and do what's best for the person benefiting from your service. You will be someone who is attentive, and who will be proactive in supporting, noticing and reporting changes in physical health and emotional wellbeing.

You'll be on your own with your customer, but you won't be alone. You'll be part of the Living Made Easy team. You'll join hundreds of other Support Workers and be 100% supported by our experienced office-based team, many of whom have done the job themselves, have walked in your shoes, and who share your passion, dedication, resilience and problem-solving ability in the face of the inevitable challenges that can present themselves.

**Essential Skills and Qualifications**
- Drivers License - C class, as well as your own registered vehicle
- NDIS Worker Screening (or able to obtain)
- Current First Aid Certificate
- Working with Children's Check (or able to obtain)
- Must be comfortable with evening Personal Care.

**Preferred Attributes**
- Certificate III qualification and / or relevant Disability or Aged Care experience - not essential.
- Those you are supporting rely on you - in turn, you must be able to be reliable for them, and for us
- A flexible "can-do" approach to your hours
- Good energy, enthusiasm and passion
- Strong communication skills
- A deeply held desire to support people
- Adaptability to different situations
- An understanding of the importance of process
- An appreciation of professional boundaries

**Benefits**
- Job Satisfaction (through helping your local vulnerable community members)
- Supportive and caring team to assist you to be successful in your role
- Ongoing mentoring and training
- Flexible working arrangements

Do you think you have the passion, patience, problem solving skills and customer service skills to be an outstanding Support Worker?

Living Made Easy is a rapidly expanding Aged Care and NDIS service provider across the Central Coast and Hunter Regions in NSW and in QLD, across the Brisbane South, Logan, Gold Coast and Northern NSW regions. We believe in old-fashioned care for our customers and pride ourselves on being professional and personable with a hands on attitude.

We're **Living Made Easy** and together we can make a difference.

Please address the criteria in your cover letter.

**Job Type**: Casual

**Salary**: $27.00 - $31.00 per hour

Schedule:

- Evening shift
- Morning shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Charlestown, NSW: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

Licence/Certification:

- First Aid Certification (preferred)
- Working with Children Check (preferred)
- NDIS Worker Screening Check (preferred)
- Driver Licence (preferred)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (preferred)

Work Location: On the road