AddressHome care support - cleaning assistance
- Ongoing regular shifts
- Paid training & ongoing support
- No qualifications required!
Who are we?
healthAbility, is supporting people to self-manage long-term health conditions, such as diabetes and mental health challenges, with multidisciplinary teams delivering community-based programs in a comfortable setting. We also support people, including older people and people with disability, to stay living at home longer and to live well in their community.
Why work with us?
When joining healthAbility’s supportive, kind, caring and ethical culture, you are welcomed by multi-disciplinary teams passionate about the health and wellbeing of clients and communities, from prevention through to specialist care, and passionate about continually learning and building on their areas of expertise. We embrace this passion and are values-driven, offering careers with meaning and environments that are flexible, evolving, creative and connected.
healthAbility is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We promote a workplace that actively seeks to include, welcome and value the unique contributions of all people. This means we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people with disabilities, LGBTIQ+ and from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this job, with age being no barrier.
The Opportunity
We are currently looking for an experienced In-home Community Support Domestic Assistant or Support Worker to provide a range of care and services designed to meet our clients’ needs and goals in a flexible and supportive manner. shifts and support new starters in shifts.
The role may include mentoring new starters, filling in cancellations and assisting with personal care, Home Care tasks (change bedding, cleaning bathrooms etc..), meal preparation, dusting, mopping, socialisation and other responsibilities.
You will be rostered in the suburbs around Box Hill and eastern regions and may also be expected to pick up casuals or cancelled shifts as needed.
Skills & Experience:
- Can assist in all activities of daily living- based upon the clients needs and goals- including:
- Personal care
- Cleaning duties
- Meal preparation
- Domestic assistance
- Socialization activities
- Available to work minimum 3x days per week
- Available to commence ASAP
Benefits include:
- Ongoing regular shifts
- Chance for ongoing support to new staff
- Paid training workshops
- School-friendly hours available
- Opportunities for growth
- No weekend or after-hours shifts!
- Flexible work arrangements
- Uniform, Name badge, and an Induction Guide booklet
You must have:
- National Police Check
- Full Australian working rights
- Up to date COVID Vaccinations
- NDIS Worker Screening Clearance
- A Working with Children Check (WWCC)
- Victorian driver’s license with reliable car
- Excellent verbal and written skills
- Be available to work minimum 3x days per week
- Minimum 1 year experience as a Support Worker or Domestic Assistant
- Comply with OH&S instructions and healthAbility’s policies & procedures
If you want to work with great people - we'd love to hear from you.
To view the position description, please go to https://healthability.org.au/join-us/careers/ click on “current vacancies”.
If this sounds like the role for you, we’d love to hear from you. Please apply here by submitting a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria with your CV. Thank you for your time and interest and please note, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted directly.
Employment with healthAbility is conditional upon being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or medically exempt and providing satisfactory evidence of the same.
Applications for this role will be reviewed as soon as they are received so be quick to apply.
See the video below to hear from our employees why this opportunity is much more than a job and how healthAbility offers careers with meaning.
