Job description
About our facility
Just a few kilometres from Newcastle’s CBD, Uniting Lindsay Gardens, Hamilton is a warm and welcoming aged care home with 3 separate households, each with 15–34 residents, including a Memory Support Unit for people living with dementia.
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
Our service is seeking permanent part time staff to work in hotel services (cleaning) starting at 20 hours per fortnight.
In this role you will provide quality, timely and effective hotel services to residents living in our aged care home, to help support their independence and improve their quality of life.
Join one of Australia’s leading residential aged care service providers for a career filled with heart and purpose. We’d love to hear from you.
Your care work may include:
- Providing support with household activities such as catering, cleaning and laundry making their dignity and independence a top priority.
- Paying attention to personal safety and risk management for you and our residents by using appropriate manual handling techniques and food safety.
- Supporting residents in community-based recreational and social activities.
Who we’re looking for
- No qualifications required but you’ll have previous experience in similar position (catering / kitchen-hand, cleaning or laundry services) or any other community care.
- You’ll be adaptable, empathetic and resourceful, and be able to live Uniting’s everyday values of being compassionate, respectful, imaginative, and bold.
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.
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We’ll create a better future for you
Our people are at the heart of everything we do, and we support them to grow and develop to be their best through our strong commitment to learning, flexibility, great benefits and a positive culture of teamwork and cooperation. Together, we can build a better future for the people and communities we serve, and for you.
About Uniting Aged Care
Uniting is one of the largest and most trusted not-for-profit providers of aged care in Australia. Each year, we support more than 7,000 residents in over 70 aged care homes throughout NSW and the ACT. We actively advocate for the right of every senior to age in comfort and dignity, wherever and however they live. We value diversity and always welcome everyone, exactly as they are.
What to expect
Please know that employment with Uniting requires:
- A National Police Check
- Reference checks
- Other pre-employment screenings
How to apply
If you see yourself in this role, we’d love to hear from you. Just click on the ‘Apply Now’ button, fill out your details and submit.
Once you apply, we’ll keep you up to date on how your application is progressing.
We encourage applications from people who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.