At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide compassionate care to residents, enhancing their quality of life during night shifts.
- Company: Join Blue Care, a trusted community and residential care provider in Australia.
- Benefits: Earn $36.32/hr plus super, salary packaging, employee discounts, and paid parental leave.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse team dedicated to inclusivity and community support.
- Why this job: Make a meaningful difference in people's lives while building lasting relationships.
- Qualifications: Certificate III in Aged Care or equivalent; tech-savvy and night duty availability required.
The predicted salary is between 36 - 37 $ per hour.
Employment Status: Permanent part time - Only Night Duty Shifts available (10pm to 6am).
Location: Lowood Residential Aged Care Facility
Remuneration: $36.32 p/hr + Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging (Increases your take home pay) + Penalties & Allowances + Employee discounts
Make a meaningful difference with BlueCare. We’re 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 a Personal Carer you’ll provide care to your clients living in our residential home, supporting their independence and improving their quality of life through activities that include:
- Daily living assistance including showering, personal hygiene, help at mealtimes and general mobility
- Providing care in accordance with their individualised Care Plan
- Supporting with community based recreational and social activities
Role requirements:
- Certificate III Aged Care, Home and Community Care, Disability Support, or an equivalent qualification
- Experience with technology incl. smartphones, tablets, laptops etc
- Night duty availability is essential for this role
- Confidence to satisfy the relevant probity checks required by legislation or policies
- NDIS Workers Screening Clearance or willingness to obtain
Employee Benefits:
- Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) 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 opportunities with 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, we’d love you to be too. Joining the state’s largest network of aged care workers with its over 8,000 strong, bright team in blue, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. With more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, you 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 simple – everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating 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 position.
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 to 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.
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Personal Carer – Night Duty in Lowood employer: BlueCare
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