Full Time Community Care Worker - Victoria

Come and join Australia's most innovative and dynamic home care organisation!

Hi there, we're Five Good Friends, and we're an approved aged care and registered NDIS service provider. We help our clients (we call them Members) live vibrantly in their own homes by wrapping our care teams around them and their families. 

There are only a few places on earth where people live longer, happier and healthier lives. The people living in these zones share a key thing in common: friendship. The power of friendship is believed to contribute to a much better quality of life as we grow old. Five Good Friends strives to form high-quality, long-lasting connections between Members and their Helpers. Our Community Care Workers (we call them Helpers) play a key role in creating the magic for our Members to keep them in their homes and connected with the communities, families, and friends that they love.

We began seven years ago in QLD and today we provide services across Australia. We are proud to say that we are invited back into the homes of our members over 20,000 times a month. If you are eager to bring the power and magic of friendship into the community around you, apply for our Helper role today!

About the Role 

We are looking for one Full Time skilled and experienced Community Care Worker located near Templestowe Victoria. Are you looking for an opportunity where you can… 

• Work Full Time helping people in your local community to live a quality life in the home and communities they love?
• Be part of one of Australia's best places to work taking an innovative and person- centred approach. 
• Work as part of a flexible and dynamic team where every day is different 
• Work together with a multidisciplinary care team to provide a holistic home care approach for our Members?

If this sounds like you, please join us in creating a better, brighter future for our Members. Be part of the revolution that is transforming the way people are cared for in Australia. This role relies on great people, you could find yourself working on any of the following to provide high-quality care services our Members, in accordance with their Help Plan. 

Services may include: 

• Personal Care - e.g. showering, dressing, medication assistance, manual handling
• Domestic Assistance - e.g. cleaning, cooking, laundry, shopping, light gardening
• Companionship - e.g. providing company through friendships, interests and activities
• Driving and Community Access - e.g. driving to appointments, shops, outings if needed
• Home Administration - e.g. booking appointments, organising special events, support with technology
• Act as a role model to our other Helpers regarding the Five Good Friends code of conduct values, systems, technology and processes  

Do you have what it takes?

• You will have a minimum of two years experience in the aged care, primary/community healthcare or disability sector providing personal support and care
• You will be IT literate and able to use smartphones and tablets 
• A Certificate III in Individual Support (CHC33015), Assistant in Nursing, Diploma in Nursing or equivalent qualification is a must. 
• You will demonstrated strong interpersonal and communication skills. 
• You will have demonstrated strong administration and organisational skills. 
• Integrity, discretion and tact with respect to confidential information. 
• Flexible and responsive in management or workload and tasks.
• You will hold a current First Aid, CPR and Mental Health First Aid Certificates.
• You will have the ability and be willing to obtain a clear relevant criminal history checks and NDIS Worker Screening Check. 
• Current open and clear Driver's License.

We strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. Each new person is an opportunity for us to bring a different perspective into the team. We are committed to building an inclusive workplace where you can do your best and most rewarding work. That is why we were just awarded as a Top Ten Best Places to Work 2023 in the health care category.We value the work that Helpers do and reward them for doing so. If this sounds like you, please join us in creating a better, brighter future for our Members’. Be part of the revolution that is transforming the way people are cared for in Australia. 

What's in it for you?

The way we work and the perks we offer are designed to help you live a fulfilling life. The work we do is meaningful, and the problems we solve are interesting. 

• A competitive salary package plus super plus reimbursement for work-related travel. 
• Annual $500 health and well-being allowance to spend on anything 
  contributing to your health and well-being away from work. 
• On top of the standard 4 weeks of annual leave, after your second year, you will accumulate an additional day of annual leave each year you are with us. 
• You will also have access to our Pandemic Leave policy and have the chance to purchase additional annual leave.  
• Access to our employee assistance programme, where you can receive free confidential and professional counselling. 
• Parental leave benefits –All caregivers who are eligible for the government’s paid parental leave scheme will receive top-up wage payments. Additionally, primary caregivers will receive top-up superannuation payments for their first year of unpaid parental leave.
• One free Five Good Friends membership plan, which covers the Care 
  Management fees. This can be used for a loved one who is supported by Five Good Friends. This could be worth more than $7000/yr. 
• Working for a company that has an employee engagement score that is 15% higher than the industry average, and 5% higher than the top 25% industry average (we are actually a great place to work)
• And... After 5 years of continuous service, you will receive a trip to Okinawa, Japan, the community that inspired the creation of Five Good Friends. Costs of your return economy airfare, 5 nights in hotel accommodation and airport transfers will be paid. 

  Find out more about Five Good Friends here: https://www.fivegoodfriends.com.au/corporate/about-us

  We want to create a place where people work in a role and love what they do, feel valued, supported and in control. It needs to be just as magical for you, as it is for those wanting to remain living in their homes. Let us show you our magic, so you can bring yours!