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SalaryAbout CareChoice
CareChoice is a NDIS, DFFH / Human Services Standard and TAC/ WorkSafe registered disability and youth services provider. We deliver a wide range of services and provide complex support across the Disability and Private Aged Care sectors in a range of settings including home care, residential, community and Specialist Disability Accommodation.
CareChoice is committed to service excellence and works closely with clients, their families, and key stakeholders to ensure individuals receive the very best person-centred care. The CareChoice team are passionate about their work and pride themselves in delivering an exceptional calibre of service.
Our values are:
- People, First
- Brilliant Together
- Bring Our Best. Always
- Relentless Optimism
Benefits & culture
CareChoice is proud to be an EEO employer. We support an inclusive approach in the workplace. We celebrate our diversity and welcome staff regardless of ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation, gender identity and lifestyle choices. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
As a CareChoice employee, benefits you’ll be able to take advantage of include:
- Access to your pay as you earn it via our financial wellbeing partner
- Employee Pathways Scholarships
- Employee Support Fund
- Free ongoing training and development
- Paid Pregnancy loss leave for either parent
- Flexible work options
- A number of employee wellness platforms including EAP, free flu shots and travel discounts
- Discounts with several department store retailers, events & entertainment, home & technology
- Further discounts with groceries & beverages, shopping & fashion, sports & leisure, fuel and transport
- Car, health insurance and energy benefits
- Monthly & Annual Recognition & Reward for Employee of the Month
- Service Recognition & Reward Program
- Career development opportunities including secondments and Job-Ride-A-Long program
From the moment you step through our doors, you’ll feel welcome and supported to do your best work and really make a difference in people’s lives.
How you’ll make an impact
Due to continuous and exciting growth, we’re currently recruiting for multiple Complex Disability Support Workers to join our team throughout Castlemaine and surrounding areas. You’ll be responsible for providing quality services and safeguards to our Participants with an emphasis on skill and capacity building to encourage independence and confidence for meaningful and active inclusion in society.
A day in the life as a Complex Disability Support Worker with CareChoice, may see you supporting our Participant with:
- Building on individual strengths and enabling Participants to reach their goals.
- 24-hour complex supports
- Supported Independent living
- Community access and transport
- Domestic and Personal care
The hours of work vary and include weekday shifts, evening, and weekend shifts. Penalty rates apply on weekends, Public Holidays, after 8pm and after 12 pm.
About you
As a passionate, reliable, and experienced Disability Support Worker, you’ll have experience with providing quality care services, implementing behavioural strategy supports and building rapport with Participants. Ideally, you’ll have a:
- Current First Aid & CPR Certificate.
- Certificate III in Individual Support (Disability) or equivalent OR minimum 12 months experience
- Valid Driver’s Licence with access to a comprehensively insured vehicle (desirable)
To APPLY
If this sounds like the ideal role for you and you have the skills and experience we’re looking for, we’d love to hear from you. So, don’t delay, apply today. For further information, please contact our recruitment team at ***********@carechoice.com.au.
Employment with CareChoice is subject to satisfactory background checks which include Professional References, Employee Working with Children Check and NDIS Worker Screening Clearance.
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