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Home Care Support Worker

Wellways Australia
  • Consumer Directed Services
  • Rewarding casual opportunities based in Braddon
  • $29.19 p/hr + 10% Super + Penalties + Salary Packaging Benefits
  • Access to ongoing support and development/training opportunities

Wellways are seeking casual Home Care Support Workers to join our close knit team here at Wellways. Are you looking for a rewarding role within a community setting? Apply now and join a reputable NFP organisation and start making a difference in somebody's life today!

About This Opportunity

As a Home Care Support Worker working within our Consumer Directed Services program, you will deliver a variety of services to participants to support them to live a fulfilling and meaningful life in the community. Your working day may include (but not limited to), assistance and or support with daily life, including personal care, domestic activities, social and community participation and varying skill development activities, social and community participation and varying skill development activities.

About You

You're a passionate, empathetic and caring individual who is looking to make an invaluable positive impact on the lives of others. You relish a challenge and new experience. You're calm, collected and resilient in the face of adversity and are looking to carry these qualities with you to the front line to start helping those in need. You are an independent, proactive thinker and worker but are also able to follow direction/s given by your managers and can work within a tight-knit team. You may also be required to support the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) program, at the request of your employer. If this is you, you're in luck: we have the perfect opportunity for you to do all of these things - right here, with us.

What Do You Need?

  • Minimum Certificate 3 in Mental Health, Disability, Aged Care, Home and Community Care or related fields (Desired, but not essential)
  • First Aid Certification
  • A current valid Driver's License and a registered, insured vehicle
  • Satisfactory Police Records Check and Working with Children Check, prior to commencement
  • NDIS Orientation Certificate
  • NDIS Worker Screening Check
  • Applicants having experience and knowledge in psychosocial disability will be at an advantage
  • Evidence of full COVID19 (including booster if eligible) vaccination or valid medical exemption
  • Manual Handling training would be desired

Benefits & Culture

Wellways supports an inclusive approach in both the workplace and community where everyone can imagine and achieve their goals to their fullest potential. This is your opportunity to join a nationally recognised organisation with over 2,000 staff members across 93 sites where you can gain access to ongoing support and opportunity for career development.

  • Join a brand new and supportive team

  • Salary packaging up to $15,899 per annum

  • An Employee Assistance Program which aims to support and empower employees and their loved ones

For a full list of our staff benefits, visit here.

For a confidential discussion about the role, we encourage you to contact Program Coordinator Cabrini d'Arcy-Stewart on [email protected], using the subject line: Home Care Support Worker enquiry via EthicalJobs. 

The health and safety of Wellways participants and employees is our highest priority and all Wellways roles are covered by directives that require mandatory COVID vaccinations. Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of FULL COVID-19 vaccination (including booster) or valid medical exemption prior to commencement.

We warmly encourage people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and people with a lived experience of mental health and disability to apply.

Wellways Australia Limited is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable people. All applicants applying for roles within Wellways must undergo a screening process prior to their successful appointment. ​

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