Personal Care Worker

Title: Personal Care Worker/ Disability Care Worker.

Be rewarded with more than just your pay when you work with us. As a Right at Home team member, you will be eligible for our Right about You! rewards program, this program gives you FREE access to fitness, financial, mindfulness and nutritional programs as well as CASH BACK and DISCOUNTS at over 400 stores including groceries and petrol to help reduce your cost of living! We also love to recognise our staff whenever they do a great job that goes above and beyond for our clients, especially when you’ve done this to align with our Values of being Authentic, Approachable, Accountable, Collaborative while always maintaining your Integrity.

Our Company

Right at Home is one of the largest home care providers in the world, with over 500 offices in eight countries around the world. Our mission is to,

Improve: Our services are goal-oriented, and objectives focused on the overall improvement of our client’s lives.

Quality of Life: Quality of life differs from person to person – circumstances change, needs change. We individually assess our clients to ascertain their quality of life, how it may have been compromised, and how it can be improved.

Serve: We provide a service that achieves a stated purpose, that is useful, and assists our clients in a meaningful way.

Right at Home provides high quality in-home care and assistance to our valued clients in the Bankstown-Canterbury and St George’s areas. We currently offer the following services, aged and disability care, transitional care, hospital in the home and palliative care, and post-operative care. Our services help clients remain safe and independent in their own homes. Our mission and primary existential goal are to improve the quality of life for those we serve.

About the role

We currently have casual positions available for reliable and passionate Home Care Professionals to join our team. You will need to be friendly, positive and demonstrate client-focused behavior, showing empathy and treating others with dignity and respect. You’ll also need to have a natural ability to build relationships that make a difference, be honest, helpful and dependable, making you a great asset to our team.

Responsibilities will include:

● Assisting clients with personal hygiene, dressing etc.

● Assisting clients with daily errands, companionship, and support

● Providing support with academic, social, or recreational activities

● Assisting clients with domestic duties, preparing food, feeding clients, and assisting with medications

● Observe, care, and report any changes in the health and wellbeing of the client.

● Responding to emergency situations

Essential Criteria:

● No Experience or need a Career Change (need to exhibit ability to work within a person-centered, enabling environment that respects the rights and needs of each client, and a willingness to learn)

● Certificate III in Individual Support or equivalent (Desirable but not essential)

● Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

● Willingness to learn, develop and take on new challenges.

● Willingness to travel.

● Current National Police Check.

● Current First Aid & CPR certificates.

● Current unrestricted driver’s license and own reliable presentable car.

● Comprehensive insurance (desirable).

● Australian work authorization.

● Arabic, Greek, Chinese Languages, Macedonian etc. (all welcome)

● All our employees are fully vaccinated. Right at Home Padstow St George works in conjunction with the State Government Public Health Orders under the Public Health Act 2010 which require certain categories of workers to have vaccinations against COVID-19.

Job Type: Casual

Salary: $29.00 – $71.00 per hour

Location: Bankstown-Canterbury and St George’s areas

Personality and Traits:

1. Compassionate

2. Reliable

3. Supportive

Benefits:

● Travel reimbursement

● Rewards Program

● Experience in Aged Care and Disability

● Community Service

Schedule:

● Afternoon shift

● Day shift

● Evening shift

● Fixed shift

● Flexible hours

● Monday to Friday

● Morning shift

● Night shift

● Public holidays

● Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

● Penalty rates

Benefits:

● Employee discount

● Employee mentoring program

● Professional development assistance

● Travel reimbursement

● Flexible hours

Schedule:

● Afternoon shift

● Day shift

● Monday to Friday

● Morning shift

● Evening shift

● Public holidays

● Rotating roster

● Shift work

● Weekends (when available)

Application Question(s):

● How much time do you think is appropriate to notify the office when you are not feeling well or unable to attend a shift throughout your employment?

● Why do you think you’ll be successful in this role?

Job Type: Casual

Salary: $29.00 – $71.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Employee mentoring program
• Professional development assistance
• Travel reimbursement

Schedule:

• Afternoon shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Fixed shift
• Flexible hours
• Monday to Friday
• Morning shift
• Night shift
• Public holidays
• Rotating roster
• Shift work
• Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

• Overtime pay
• Penalty rates

COVID-19 considerations:
All our employees are fully vaccinated. Right at Home Padstow St George works in conjunction with the State Government Public Health Orders under the Public Health Act 2010 which require certain categories of workers to have vaccinations against COVID-19.

Language:

• Arabic, Greek, Chinese Languages Macedonian (Preferred)

Licence/Certification:

• First Aid and CPR, WWCC and National Police Check (Required)
• Certificate III in Aged Care and including disability (Preferred)

Work Authorisation:

• Australia (Required)

Willingness to travel:

• 75% (Preferred)

Work Location: In person