Personal Carer

Personal Carer BlueCare Community Care

• Employment Status: Permanent Part Time

• Location: Cairns (South) & Surrounding Areas

• Remuneration:$36.32 p/hr Super Not for Profit Salary Packaging (Increases your take home pay) Allowances & Travel Reimbursement (KMs) Employee discounts

Make a meaningful difference with BlueCare

Were looking for someone who wants to build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others -through small moments that leave big impacts.

About the role:

As aPersonal Careryoull provide care to your clients living in the community supporting their independence and improving their quality of life.

• Spending your time on the road completing scheduled visits interacting one-on-one with clients within their homes supporting with daily activities

• In home personal care daily living assistance including showering personal hygiene meal preparation house cleaning laundry and ironing

• Providing care in accordance with their individualised Care Plan

• Supporting with community based recreational and social activities

• Transportation and assistance with shopping and appointments.
  

We encourage our team to be creative and enjoy themselves while contributing to our success. Come join one of themost trusted communityandresidential careprovidersin Australia.

Role requirements:

• Certificate III Aged Care Individual Support or an equivalent qualification - Essential

• Current Australian Drivers Licence (Green Provisional minimum) - Essential

• Roadworthy & insured (Third Party Property minimum) vehicle to use for work- Essential

• Experience with technology incl. smartphones tablets laptops etc

• Confidence to satisfy the relevant probity checks required by legislation or policies

Employee Benefits:

• Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15900) and meal entertainment (up to $2650) per annum

• A recognition and rewards platform providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers including everyday expenses holidays health insurance annual awards celebration wellbeing and employee assistance programs

• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave available after 6 months service in addition to the government scheme

• Diversity and inclusive leave offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year Diwali Ramadan NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events

• Career development opportunitieswith one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia to challenge yourself grow and make a meaningful difference

BlueCare is proudly part of the UnitingCare Family wed love you to be too

Joining the states largest network of aged care workers with its over 8000 strong bright team in blue youll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. With more than 16500 staff and 9000 volunteers across our brands ofBlueCare Lifeline ARRCS The Wesley Hospital Buderim Private Hospital St Stephens Hospital and St Andrews War Memorial Hospitalyou are part of something bigger. Our team are compassionate inclusive and committed to the work we do helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe Child Friendly organisation and will:

• Provide welcoming safe & nurturing services for children

• Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services

• Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

• Abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simpleeverybody iswelcome here. At UnitingCare diversity is at the core of our who we are our mission and our are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex race culture sexual orientation disability or gender our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this additional support and to meet our RAP Team email

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children young people and the elderly safe from harm within our services workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children young people adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.