At a Glance
- Tasks: Provide care and companionship to residents, enhancing their quality of life.
- Company: Uniting Garden Suburb, a welcoming aged care home in Lake Macquarie.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, salary packaging, fitness discounts, and career growth opportunities.
- Other info: Join a diverse team committed to social justice and community support.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while working in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Certificate III/IV in Aged Care or equivalent; experience preferred but not essential.
The predicted salary is between 36 - 37 $ per hour.
- Casual and Permanent part time vacancies - up to full time hours on offer
- $36.23 p/h + super, salary packaging & other tax benefits
Nestled on the edge of a serene bushland reserve in the Lake Macquarie region of NSW, Uniting Garden Suburb is a peaceful and welcoming aged care home.
It has three separate households, each with between 25 and 30 residents and includes a secure household for people living with dementia or mental health illness.
Your Uniting Homemaker ensures that the community is thriving and doing things that are meaningful and enjoyable.
- What you'll be doing in this role
- You'll provide care, companionship and emotional support to residents living in our aged care home, to help support their independence and improve their quality of life
- Providing daily living assistance such as showering, personal hygiene, dressing, help at mealtimes and with general mobility
- Assisting with medication and simple wound dressings and
- Supporting residents in community-based recreational and social activities.
- A Day in the Life, with Uniting Aged Care
What We Offer You
- A rewarding career with a leading human services organisation.
- Up to $18,550 NFP salary packaging available.
- Access to our U rewards program with exclusive discounts.
- Access to Fitness Passport - Live your best life.
- A supportive, inclusive, and collaborative work environment
- A commitment to offer opportunities to grow your career
- Purchase of additional leave
- Who we're looking for
- You'll have a Certificate III/IV in Aged Care, Individual Support, or equivalent qualification.
- You'll have previous experience in aged or community care, or a passion to begin your career in aged care if you've recently become qualified.
- You'll be adaptable, empathetic, and resourceful, and you will be able to live Uniting's everyday values of being compassionate, respectful, imaginative, and bold.
- About Uniting
Uniting NSW.
ACT contributes 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 is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of children and young people.
Empowered by diversity
At Uniting, inclusion isn't just something we value - it's how we work.
Our culture and practice reflect the vibrant diversity of our colleagues, and the clients and communities we serve.
What to expect
Please know that employment with Uniting will require a National Police Check and Reference Checks.
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