Home Care Worker

• Provide home help services to aged care clients
• Perform general housekeeping and make beds
• Clean, mop and vacuum floors
• Wash, fold and iron laundry
• Prepare meals and complete grocery shopping
• Provide social support and transport to lifestyle activities or appointments
• Help family carers take a break or attend to other activities
• For Level 2 clients: get clients out of bed, showered and dressed
• Assist clients to take medications
• Assist with mobility and therapy goals
• Provide complex care for customers with high care needs, such as dementia
• Provide social and emotional support

• Open class Australian Driver's Licence
• Own insured, roadworthy vehicle
• Interest in community care or aged care; experience preferred but not essential
• Entry Level: no experience required
• Level 2: no Cert 3 required
• USI number required
• Must complete a Statutory Declaration prior to commencement
• Must complete a National Police check prior to commencement
• Must complete a Working Rights check prior to commencement
• Must complete a pre-employment functional assessment prior to commencement
• Ability to work independently and find solutions to everyday problems
• Ability to build positive relationships with clients and their families
• Passion for providing excellent service
• Comfortable assisting aged community members to live independently at home

• Award rates of $40.77–$43.03 per hour for casual roles, or $34.42–$36.23 per hour for permanent part-time roles
• Superannuation
• Paid kilometres
• Employee benefits program
• Salary packaging up to $18,550 tax free each year
• Accelerated learning programs to gain professional qualifications (Cert 3)
• Paid CPR and First Aid courses
• Casual and permanent part-time roles
• Training and education programs for career development