Personal / Domestic Care Assistant

Why choose us?  

• 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 hourly rate
• Paid Parental Leave (for eligible employees)
• 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

We are seeking a Personal or Domestic Care Assistant who is committed to ensuring the highest possible standard of in-home care for our valued clients. 

As a Personal Care Assistant, 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 as prescribed in the clients’ care plan
• 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

As a Domestic Care Assistant, you will be:

• Assisting clients with general domestic duties as prescribed in the client's care plan
• Assisting our clients with food preparation and cooking of meals
• Ensuring the client's home is hygienic and a safe environment that supports the promotion of independence
• Recognising and responding to changes in a clients’ 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 may like to know:

• Casual basis, with the opportunity to transition to part-time hours
• You may be required to use your private vehicle for work purposes, with kilometre reimbursement offered for use of own vehicle
• Paid compliance checks including NDIS Worker Screening, Working with Children Check and a QLD Restricted Driver's Authority

What skills and experience do you need to be a PCA / DCA?

This position is best suited for someone who has:

1. Minimum Certificate III qualification i.e. Individual Support, Aged Care, Community Services (not required for DCA)
2. Preferably 12 months experience working in the Home Care sector, particularly with Home Care Packages and CHSP funded care services (not required for DCA)
3. Willingness to embrace Domestic Care duties as part of their role
4. Genuine empathy with elderly clients and a passion to work within the community service industry
5. The commitment to represent Comlink Australia with pride and help make lives better
6. 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: 31st May 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. 

We would love to introduce you to our values…

Our values are unique, like us. They were developed by our people and speak to who we are as an organisation. They help to define our culture and are the guardrails by which we think, act and make decisions. These are our values:

• Our table is round - we are one team, where every voice matters
• See the human - we leave our egos at the door and see people as people first
• The right way, and again – we are committed to continuously improving to achieve the best possible outcome
• Brilliantly bold – we own our decisions and learn from our mistakes
• Make a little magic – our clients are at the heart of all that we do!

Do you want to work for a company that lives and breathes these values? 

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.