Home Care Worker

Casual/Permanent positions available

• Join Community Services #1 (CS#1) for opportunities for meaningful work and have an impact with supporting people in the community!

At CS#1 we believe that supporting the elderly is crucial and important within society.

Home Care Workers are essential and are currently in demand. A career with CS#1 can offer you a pathway providing progression and career opportunities. As well as provide you with useful skills and abilities that will be valuable in everyday life.

Make a difference:

We are seeking caring and responsible Home Care Workers to join our professional and supportive Aged Care Services Team in casual and permanent roles across ACT and surrounding suburbs.

Please note CS#1 is seeking Home Care Workers who can provide:

General Support: No qualification required.

General Support and Personal Care: Min Cert 3/4 required.

Once fully trained and embedded into a new Home Care Worker role at CS#1 you can expect to receive ongoing professional development and training opportunities to further develop your skills and career. 

The Team provides support and social programs to maximize our client’s quality of life and enable them to live independently in their own homes. 

CS#1 Home Care Workers will be based out of our Head Office in Narrabundah to assist provide support and services to CS#1 clients around Canberra and surrounding Suburbs.

Our Home Care Worker's do not have overnight stays or evening shifts and rarely have weekend shifts.

Core activities may include:

• Domestic assistance: (including but not limited to general cleaning, laundry, transport, shopping and preparing meals).
• Social Support: Supporting the client in a social capacity which can be within the home or in a community setting.
• Transport: Provide transport to CS#1 clients in the community.
• Personal care: assisting (were required) to a client with showering, dressing, creams etc. (Cert 3/4 required).
• Communicating with CS#1 Team to ensure clients support plan is reflecting support needs by providing progress notes from each shift and escalating of any change in health, wellbeing, or risks of the client.
• Representing the CS#1 team internally and externally with clients, families, and relevant stakeholders.
• Maintaining privacy and dignity for CS#1 client’s and have respectful interactions.

Your Benefits

This role comes with a competitive wage $27.89-29.71 per annum (commensurate with experience and qualification) plus an additional for 25% casual loading (casual roles only). You will also have access to attractive benefits, including:

• Generous salary packaging arrangements that can provide up to $18,550 of your gross pay tax free - for a variety of eligible expense items. 
• Portable Long Service Leave.
• Professional Development.
• Face-to-face professional development opportunities.
• Online learning management system with access to thousands of courses on professional development, wellbeing, and compliance.
• Professional development opportunities to take your career to the next level.
• Structured performance and one on one development check ins and secondment opportunities.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program.
• We have a culture of ongoing mentoring and learning and development which means we offer our Home Care Workers the opportunity to develop their careers as well as their knowledge and skills through our extensive professional learning and mentoring programs.

What you will bring to the team

To be considered for these roles, you’ll hold, or be working towards a Certificate 3 in Community Services, Individual Support (or approved equivalent) and/or relevant work experience. If you are part-way through completing your studies, CS#1 will support you complete as you attain your qualification. 

You will be required to have or willing to obtain:

• Working Vulnerable People Card
• Working with Children Check
• National Police Check
• Current First Aid and CPR Certificate
• Full Drivers Licence and car
• COVID-19 Vaccination History Certificate

If this sounds like you, apply now! We will shortlist applications and interview soon. Visit our website to view the position description and express your interest by submitting your resume and cover letter to **************@communityservices1.org.

For further information on recruitment and position, please call Jolly (People and Culture) on 02 6126 4***.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

At Community Services #1 we recognise that our people are multi-dimensional. We take a human approach to create a work environment where all people feel like they can bring their authentic selves to work, every day.

We believe that equality drives innovation. Our commitment to accelerating equality starts at the top with our board and CEO and extends across every part of the organisation. This comes to life when our people own the equality agenda, making it part of their jobs – every decision, every day – and feel free to speak up and to act.

We do not tolerate discrimination because of differences, such as age, ability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, religion, or sexual orientation. We want a workplace that is inclusive and diverse, and we are set bold goals and taking comprehensive action. To achieve these goals, we collect information that allows us to track the effectiveness of our Inclusion and Diversity programs.

Community Services #1 acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander people as traditional custodians of the land on which we meet, work, live and play. We honour their continuous connection to country, water, sky, and communities.  We celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander stories, traditions and living cultures and pay our respects to elders past and present.