Community Care Workers

SA Health
Job reference: 817279
Location: - VARIOUS -
Job status: Ongoing
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

Eyre and Far North Local Health Network, Community Health, Cleve
Salary $1,084.10 - $1,095.80 per week - Ongoing Part Time - Multiple Positions (various hours) - WHA4

Overview

Eyre and Far North LHN has moved to a Consumer Directed Care model for the provision of aged care, disability and support services. This allows consumers to maintain greater control over their lives by allowing them to make choices about the services they receive and who delivers those services. Consumers are encouraged to actively participate in identifying and setting goals, and to determine what level of involvement they want in managing their own care arrangements.

We are looking for caring and motivated Community Care Workers, who will be an integral support to this model of care by providing services including personal care, cleaning, meal preparation, transport and social support, to persons who are aged, frail or disabled and who wish to remain living in their own home with some assistance, or are living in a Residential Aged Care facility.

To be eligible to apply you will need a Certificate 3 in Individual Support (Ageing, Disability or Home and Community).

Please refer to the job pack below for a broad purpose of the Community Care Worker position and qualifications.

Being part of Eyre and Far North Local Health Network means you will be supported both personally and professionally, can take advantage of education and training opportunities, will have access to flexible working hours and be part of an inter-professional approach to holistic health care.

To find out more about working in Eyre and Far North LHN visit Eyre and Far North LHN | SA Health

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.

Check(s)

DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check
National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)

Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 817279.

Enquiries

Alicia Haniford
Community Service Co-ordinator
Phone: (08) 8629 3040
E-mail: alicia.haniford@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

7 April 2023 - 11.55PM

Attachments

817279 Community Care Worker Job Pack.pdf

Australian applicant guidelines

Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.