Job description
- The ability to speak Greek, Italian OR Turkish as well as English is essential.
- Permanent Part-time, Monday to Friday position
- Development opportunities and a supportive, inclusive team
- Comprehensively insured car needed
What you’ll be doing in this role
As a Uniting Home Care Worker, you will help us ensure continuity of care for our clients as you provide support and companionship for older people living in Greater Western Sydney area. You will empower independence and improve the quality of life for our clients in their own homes.
With a focus on supporting our clients to stay independent for as long as possible, duties and responsibilities may include:
- Help at home: housekeeping, grocery shopping or meal preparation
- Personal Care: personal hygiene, toileting, showering, dressing, helping at mealtime or with medication administration
- Transport for wellbeing: appointments or shopping trips or accompanying clients on social support activities
Qualifications and experience:
- Fluent in either Greek, Italian OR Turkish language
- Certificate III in Aged Care or a passion to begin your career in aged care.
- Current First Aid certificate or willingness to obtain
- Driver’s license 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 as 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