Job description
- Hourly Rate: $28.94 – $34.76 per hour + $0.94 per km and travel time
- Location: Mid Mountains Area – Woodford to Mt Victoria
- Requirements: Comprehensively insured car needed
About the Role
As a Uniting Home Care Worker, you will ensure continuity of care and provide essential support and companionship to older people living in the Blue Mountains. Your role is to empower independence and enhance the quality of life for our clients in their own homes.
Key Responsibilities
- Home Assistance: Housekeeping, grocery shopping, and meal preparation.
- Personal Care: Assisting with personal care, showering, dressing, mealtime support, and medication administration.
- Transport Support: Providing transport for appointments, shopping trips, and social support activities.
Qualifications and Experience
- Qualifications: Certificate III in Aged Care, Individual Support or equivalent
- Experience: Previous experience providing person-centred care or a passion to begin your career in aged care.
- Certifications: Current First Aid certificate.
- Driving Requirements: Driver’s license and access to a comprehensively insured vehicle.
What We Offer
- Training & Development: Hands-on training, development, and mentoring with a leading provider.
- Positive Impact: Join an organisation that positively impacts clients and the community.
- Salary Packaging: Not-for-profit salary packaging up to $18,550 tax-free entitlements.
- Wellbeing programs: including free 24/7 confidential counselling services for you and your family via Telus Health
- Discounts: Exclusive discounts at major retailers (e.g: Coles, Ampol, Samsung, NRMA, JB Hi-Fi, Harvey Norman, Avis, Qantas)
- Referral Program: Earn a $500 gift voucher each time you refer a new employee who stays for 2 months.
- Fitness Passport: Access to 865+ gyms, pools, and fitness centres across NSW and ACT for less than a standard gym membership.
Click here to learn more about our great benefits: Benefits of working at Uniting.
Join Our Team:
If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of elderly individuals and thrive in a supportive, nurturing environment, we invite you to apply today.
What to expect
Please know that employment with Uniting requires:
- A National Police Check
- Valid Working with Children Check
- First Aid Certificate
- Working Rights Check
About Uniting Aged Care
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.
At Uniting, we celebrate diversity and inclusivity, welcoming everyone regardless of lifestyle, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We strive to create a safe and inclusive environment for both staff and clients.
We are bold, imaginative, respectful, and compassionate. Join us in making a difference.