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SalaryWhy choose Comlink Australia?
- Great organisational culture and supportive team environment
- Comlink Australia recognises, values and invests in you
- Work flexibly (we do our best to accommodate your individual needs)
- Salary packaging opportunities and attractive salary
- Paid Parental Leave (for eligible employees)
- Paid Birthday Leave
- Discounted gym membership
- Superannuation match benefit
- Employee Assistance Program to help support you through life’s challenges
- Paid training and continuous learning and development opportunities
- We have created a culture of collaboration, where our table is round
About the role
We are seeking a Personal Care Assistant who are committed to ensuring the highest possible standard of in-home care for our valued clients.
What will this look like on a day to day basis?
You will be:
- Providing consumer directed care services to clients as prescribed in the client's care plan
- Assisting clients with mobility and transfers, along with other ADL activities to help maintain an independent lifestyle
- Assisting clients with general domestic duties
- Actively participating in care plan development to ensure the clients ever changing needs are being met
- Recognising and responding to change in a client's condition, as well as documenting and communicating this information as required
- Ensuring clients are treated with dignity and respect and supported to exercise choice and independence
Other things you might like to know
- Casual positions available
- You may be required to use your private vehicle for work purposes, with kilometre-reimbursement offered
- Paid compliance checks including NDIS Worker Screening, Working with Children Check and QLD Restricted Driver's Authority
What skills and experience do you need to be a PCA?
This position is best suited to someone who has:
- Minimum Certificate III qualification i.e. Individual Support, Aged Care, Community Services
- Preferably 12 months experience working in the Home Care sector, particularly with Home Care Packages and CHSP funded care services
- Willingness to embrace domestic care duties as part of their role
- Genuine empathy with elderly clients and a passion to work within the community service industry
- Understanding of specialised service delivery within diverse groups, specifically Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, CALD, Veterans, Disability, Mental Health, LGBTI+ and Homelessness
How to apply
Be creative! Be fun! Be real! Use your cover letter to share with us who you REALLY are! We care more about who you are as opposed to what you are on paper.
What’s your superpower and what value will you bring to our team? You already know the answer, so tell us.
We are looking for someone very special to join the Comlink Australia team. If you are ready to step into your purpose… then APPLY TODAY!!
Application deadline: 14 March 2024
Who is Comlink Australia?
Comlink Australia has cultivated a culture where people feel included, supported and respected. When you are surrounded by like-minded people with a shared vision that makes for a pretty awesome place to work.
We are on a mission to become Australia’s most trusted home and community care provider. We empower our people to enrich the lives of our clients every day and support them to live and age well in their homes... and that’s a great place to be.
We choose to look beyond how things are, to how much better they can be. And we are inviting you to become part of our community.
Celebrating diversity
We foster an inclusive equal employment opportunity culture, celebrating diversity in all its hues. We invite individuals from diverse backgrounds, the LGBTI community, those with disabilities, and all walks of life to apply. We believe in a tapestry of ethnicities, nurturing mutual respect and understanding.
