Mercy Place Ballarat has recently opened in September. We are seeking Care Companions to provide exceptional daily care, supporting the needs of residents to live healthy, enriched and meaningful lives within a household setting.

Mercy Place Ballarat offers small household living – a select number of residents living together in each of our homes – designed and built to feel just like home. Home cooked meals, the privacy of real home spaces, personal laundry, but with the security and peace-of-mind of help on hand when residents need it.

Homes are connected to a village square with shops, where residents can walk safely, share coffee or enjoy time out with family and friends.

Reporting to the Household Operations Manager, and caring for just the small group of residents in your household, you’ll get to know your residents and their families very well and take pride in delivering exceptional personalised care according to their needs, to create a true sense of home.

About You

As a Care Companion you will undertake home making activities such as preparing and cooking meals, cleaning, laundry, and general household tasks. You will work together with your colleagues to create an environment where residents retain a level of activity and independence, and are able to participate in a variety of clubs and events according to their own interests and wishes. Care Companions will undertake day-to-day care and resident support, including some personal assistance such as showering where required.

A great Care Companion will be highly personable, organised, flexible, and passionate about delivering the highest level of care and service to Ballarat’s elderly residents. We are inviting applicants with experience working in an aged care environment (who hold a Certificate III or above in Individualised Support), as well as applicants who are keen to become Care Companions and can demonstrate the characteristics and skills we’re seeking from other areas of experience. You may have been a home maker yourself in charge of a household, or worked in a care or hospitality environment. You will be highly empathetic, a great team player, and a person who gets things done.

What We Offer

• Formal and on-site training, including a buddy program
• Values driven culture
• Salary packaging benefits
• Leadership Capability Framework to support your career progression and development 
• Camp Australia School Holiday Program
• Thrive @ Mercy – our health and wellbeing hub supporting you to be the best you can be
• Stepping Stones – our flexibility framework supporting your growth and work life balance
• Fully funded childcare referral service

To find out more about these exciting initiatives, please visit the Mercy Health Careers homepage (careers.mercy.com.au)

About Us

Mercy Health is a Catholic organisation employing more than 8,500 people who provide compassionate and holistic care through our acute hospitals, aged care facilities, mental health programs, palliative and respite services, maternity and women's health services, early parenting services and home care services.

At Mercy Health we pride ourselves on embracing diversity and foster an inclusive culture where individual differences are respected and celebrated. We encourage applications from people of all ages, abilities and cultural backgrounds including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

Short listed applicants will be invited to complete online assessments, attend a half day selection centre during the second half of September and undergo a Police check. Successful candidates will be provided with two weeks onsite training before commencing employment on a rolling basis.