Support Worker -Tweed Heads

Job no: 505377
Work type: Part time Permanent
Location: Northern NSW - Lismore and Far North Coast
Categories: Aged Care

  • $28.94 - $34.76 per hour + 99c per km and travel time
  • Part-time with stable shifts to suit your hours 
  • Development/leadership opportunities; supportive multi-disciplinary team  

At Uniting, we believe in taking real steps to make the world a better place. We work to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

We currently have multiple opportunities for permanent part time support workers to join our Home and Community Care team in the Tweed Heads area.

With a focus on supporting our clients to stay independent in their own homes for as long as possible, duties and responsibilities can include:

  • Help at home: housekeeping, grocery shopping or meal preparation
  • Personal Care: personal hygiene, toileting, showering, dressing, help at mealtime or medication administration
  • Transport: appointments or shopping trips
  • Social and wellbeing: accompany clients on outings or assist with our Healthy Living for Seniors activities

Qualifications and experience:

  • Certificate III in Aged Care or Individual equivalent an advantage
  • Similar experience providing client centred care
  • Current First Aid certificate
  • Driver’s licence and access to a comprehensively insured vehicle

About Uniting Aged Care

When you’re part of Uniting NSW.ACT, you’re part of a diverse, purpose-led team of people who are really making a difference to the world around them.

We contribute 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 of 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 leaders and employees work together to create a safe, inclusive, and person-centred culture. Our values—compassionate, respectful, imaginative, and bold —bring this to life every day.

Uniting acknowledges the continuing sovereignty and rich cultural diversity of Australia’s First Peoples. We pay our respects to all Elders – past, present, and emerging – and to all First Peoples on whose lands we live and work.

Uniting is a Child-Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, well-being, and inclusion of children and young people.

Further to this we offer:

  • Hands on training, development and mentoring in 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

Job Description

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