Anglicare’s Home and Community service offers a range of supports and assistance to enable our older population to live their best lives in their own homes.

About the Role

Our St George Home and Community Service seeks a dedicated Home Care Worker to join our team. In this role, you will offer essential assistance to clients, aiding them in daily tasks to maintain independence and comfort at home. Your responsibilities will include personal care, medication assistance, transportation, domestic duties, and assisting clients to meet social needs.

About You

We require our Home Care Workers to be dedicated, reliable and flexible.

What we look for:

• A fantastic attitude and genuine interest in helping others
• Various hobbies - sewing, gardening, cooking, and scrapbooking to name a few!
• Experience in various outdoor pursuits and activities
• A practical understanding of hygiene assistance and commitment of care
• Enjoyment in social activities, and one-on-one engagement
• Understanding of physical limitations and a safe, sensible approach
• Creativity, enthusiasm, sensitivity, and emotional stability
• Strong communication and organisational skills - able to manage your time and support clients to do the same in an everyday capacity

Minimum qualifications include:

• Certificate III in Individual Support, Aged Care, Disability or equivalent
• Current National Police Certificate
• Current driver licence and your own, reliable vehicle
• Immunisation against Tetanus & Hepatitis B
• Completion of Assist clients with medication (or commitment to obtain)
• Completion of Recognise healthy body systems (or commitment to obtain)

Why Join Anglicare?

• Above award rates of pay ($31 - $39 per hour)
• Join a respected Not For Profit and make a real impact in your role to assist Queenslanders in need.
• 11% Super.
• Salary Packaging - get up to $15,900 of your salary tax free to pay for items such as Rent, Mortgage, Credit Cards, Utilities, School Tuition and more.
• Employee Discounts at some of Australia's leading retailers.
• 6% Bupa Health Insurance Discount.
• Referral App - Earn real $$$ for sharing jobs to your network
• Career Opportunities - join a company who aim to promote from within to fill new roles with our internal-only Job Board.
• Opportunities to purchase additional annual leave.
• Pastoral Care Support & Employee Assistance Programs.
• Free annual Flu vaccinations.

Apply online attaching your current resume

For further information or adjustment to the application process please contact the Recruitment Team at [email protected] using the subject line: Home Care Worker - St George enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Anglicare is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, those from cultural and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTIQ+ communities, people with disabilities and people with a lived experience of mental ill health. We promote a child-safe environment and are committed to providing ongoing care and protection.