AddressThis position is part of the Aged, Chronic Care and Allied Health Stream
This position will provide direct Home Care support for eligible Community Home Support Program participants of Belong BM in accordance with policy, procedure, and funding contracts.
The role of the Home Care Worker is to provide Domestic Assistance to meet participants directed goals and improve quality of life.
The key focus areas of the service in providing Domestic Assistance to participants and their carers are:
1. Provide assistance to older people and their carers, to remain living independently in their own homes and community, in a dignified and safe manner in accordance with individual care plans
2. Provide monitoring of service users and carers health and well-being and contribute to program service development.
The position is a mobile position and will require the Home Care worker to travel to and from participant homes as well as support participants in the community where needed.
This position will be required to work collaboratively with the other Home Care worker and the Community Home Support admin worker, under the supervision of the Lead and with the broader Aged, Chronic Care and Allied Health Stream staff.
Belong Blue Mountains is a locally-based, locally-run, community and neighbourhood services organisation formed in 2018 to bring together the Lower Mountains, Mid Mountains and Katoomba Neighbourhood Centres. Our three Neighbourhood Centres have more than 100 years of community service between them. Run by a team of dedicated workers and passionate volunteers, our Centres are safe, welcoming places in which we work to build the strength, wellbeing, resilience and cohesion of our growing Blue Mountains community. We provide services and activities for people of all ages with many different needs. We aim to be inclusive and build connectedness and belonging to improve wellbeing, quality of life and social cohesion within the Blue Mountains community.
