Aged & Disability Care - Uniting

Up to $33.61 per hour plus benefits

• Part-time with stable shifts to suit your hours
• Development / leadership opportunities; supportive multi-disciplinary team

What you’ll be doing in this role

At Uniting we call our Home Care Workers, 'Support Workers'. In this role, you’ll provide care and companionship for older people living in their own homes, to help empower their independence and improve their quality of life in the  Wagga Wagga area . You’ll be required to travel to client’s homes and communities, using your own car.

With a focus on supporting our clients to stay independent in their own homes for as long as possible, duties and responsibilities can include :

• Help at home :  housekeeping, grocery shopping or meal preparation
• Personal Care :  personal hygiene, toileting, showering, dressing, help at mealtime or medication administration
• Transport :  appointments or shopping trips
• Social and wellbeing :  accompany clients on outings or assist with our Healthy Living for Seniors activities

Qualifications and experience :

• Certificate III in Aged Care or Individual equivalent an advantage
• Similar experience providing client centred care
• Current First Aid certificate
• Driver’s licence and access to a comprehensively insured vehicle

At Uniting, we welcome and celebrate everyone regardless of lifestyle, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation and gender identity and proudly create a safe and inclusive environment for staff and clients.

We are bold, imaginative, respectful and compassionate.

Further to this we offer :

• Hands on training, development and mentoring in a leading provider
• Join an organisation that has a positive impact on our clients and the community
• Not for profit salary packaging entitlements
• Paid travel time and reimbursement of kilometres