Community Care Worker - Brisbane North

About the role

We are presently looking for the right people to provide care, support and assistance to a number of clients based on the northside of Brisbane through to Bribie Island. These are casual positions but require early starts (7:00am) to support our clients meet their needs and goals.

Mercy Community Services supports and inspires people in need to live healthy lives within inclusive communities. Our services span the continuum of aged care, from home care to respite and believe a big part of what we do is to help our clients flourish.

$38.26 - $40.25 ph (SCHADS Home Care Aged Care Casual L3) plus superannuation plus generous salary packaging available

What you’ll be doing

As a Community Care Worker, you’ll work with clients in their homes, following their care plans, to provide support and ensure their needs are met.

• Assisting clients with their care requirements in accordance with their care plans and preferences
• Supporting clients with transportation and community access
• Monitoring their condition and reporting on any changes in condition or behaviour
• Providing in-home personal care and daily living assistance including administering medication, manual handling and domestic assistance

About you:

• Completed Certificate III in Individual Support – Ageing (or similar) or studying towards equivalent (or higher qualification)
• Experience of working alongside clients with cognitive and/or physical limitations
• Have your own vehicle and a Queensland Provisional Green or above clear Driver’s Licence with comprehensive insurance and service history (mandatory)
• Current First Aid Certificate and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certificate or willingness to obtain (prior to commencement)
• Ability to obtain positive notice in the legislatively required personal history check in line with service stream compliance requirements

Why Mercy Community

Mercy Community a Catholic not-for-profit that provides a wide range of services supporting families and young people, people living with a disability and the elderly. All our work is driven by our core values of Compassion, Integrity, Dignity & Empowerment.

Being part of the Mercy Community team, means you have access to some fantastic benefits, such as:

• Increase your take home pay through the use of generous salary packaging - up to $18,550 per annum of your salary is available as a tax-free component Salary Packaging Information
• Pay for your Queensland Blue Card and NDIS Worker Screening Card when you need – saving you up to $144 if you need both cards!
• Provide you and your immediate family free, professional and confidential counselling services including specialised First Nations counsellors
• Free annual influenza and/or other vaccination reimbursements

We also ensure all our employees have access to a wide variety of excellent learning and development tools to continue your professional and personal development. This includes making sure you have access to a range of other career pathways and opportunities across Mercy.

APPLY NOW! Please note we may contact applicants prior to closing date, do not delay in applying.

For any queries, please contact ***************@mercycs.org.au.

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