Care Worker

4 weeks ago

Garden Suburb, Australia Uniting Full time
  • Up to $31.24 p/h + super, penalties, maximum allowable NFP  tax benefits 
  • AM, PM & ND shifts
  • Permanent part-time with flexible hours to suit you 

About our facility

Nestled on the edge of a serene bushland reserve in the Lake Macquarie region of NSW, Uniting Garden Suburb is peaceful and welcoming aged care home. With 3 separate households, each with between 25–30 residents. This includes a secure household for people living with dementia or mental health illness. Your Uniting Homemaker ensures that the community is thriving and doing things that are meaningful and enjoyable.

What you’ll be doing in this role 

  • You’ll provide care, companionship and emotional support to residents living in our aged care home, to help support their independence and improve their quality of life  
  • Providing daily living assistance such as showering, personal hygiene, dressing, help at mealtimes and with general mobility 
  • Assisting with medication and simple wound dressings and 
  • Supporting residents in community-based recreational and social activities. 

What we offer you 

  • Maximum allowable salary packaging to pay less tax (additional $18,550 tax-free plus regional benefits plus parking) 
  • A range of shifts to suit your lifestyle 
  • A commitment to offer opportunities to grow your career  
  • Discounts and cash backs programs with major retailers 
  • Wellbeing programs including confidential employee assistance program available to you and your family members 

Click here to find out more about our great benefits: Benefits of working at Uniting 

Who we’re looking for 

  • Ideally, you’ll have a Certificate III/IV in Aged Care or Individual Support or an equivalent qualification. If you’re not currently qualified and would like to be, then we can help you get there. 
  • You’ll have previous experience in aged or community care, or a passion to begin your career in aged care if you’re studying or have recently become qualified. 
  • You’ll be adaptable, empathetic and resourceful, and be able to live Uniting’s everyday values of being compassionate, respectful, imaginative, and bold. 

Who is Uniting?
When you’re part of Uniting NSW.ACT, you’re part of a diverse, purpose-led team of people who are really making a difference to the world around them.

We contribute to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services and spiritual care. We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

Uniting leaders and employees work together to create a culture that is safe, inclusive and person-centred. We bring this to life every day through our values: compassionate, respectful, imaginative and bold.

Uniting acknowledges the continuing sovereignty and rich cultural diversity of Australia’s First Peoples. We pay our respects to all Elders – past, present, and emerging – and to all First Peoples on whose lands we live and work.

Uniting is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of children and young people.

How to apply
If this opportunity is of interest, then we’d love to hear from you. Just click on the ‘Apply’ button in this ad, fill out your details and submit. We encourage applications from people who identify as a part of the Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Community.

What to expect
Please know that employment with Uniting will require a National Police Check, and Reference Checks.

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