About the organisation

Enhance the lives of older Australians by joining the Life Without Barriers team. Guided by every client’s individual needs and interests, our personalised in-home Aged Care services focus on empowering every person to maintain their home comforts, health, and connections within their community.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the Role

You will actively support the individual needs of frail, aged and people with disability who access our Community Care Services and the Queensland Community Support Scheme. You will help our clients remain living independently at home through the provision of domestic assistance (cleaning), social supports and community access. You will be required to work across the Brisbane region from Bracken Ridge down to Calamvale. The shifts are between the hours of 8am - 6pm Monday - Friday, and often you will assist multiple clients per day. We are flexible with hours and if you need to only work between school hours.

Key Responsibilities

• Domestic Assistance/cleaning
• Washing clothing including hanging out to dry, folding and ironing of clothes
• Changing of bed linen as required
• Assisting with showering, bathing, medications, eating, toileting, grooming and any personal care needs as identified in their Care Plan
• Assist the client with community access as identified on the clients care plan

Skills & Experience

• A current unrestricted drivers licence and a reliable vehicle with minimum 3rd party insurance
• A current First Aid and CPR Certificate
• Certificate III in Individual Support, Ageing or Disability 
• The ability to develop positive relationships with the clients and to support their individual care plans as appropriate
• Good communication skills, including the ability to develop and maintain good working relationships

Please note: Mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations may be required for this position, in accordance with relevant Public Health Orders across all States and Territories. In these circumstances, evidence of vaccination will be required prior to an offer of employment.

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).

Benefits

• Meaningful work opportunity at one of Australia's leading Social Purpose Organisation
• Hourly rate from $36.40 + super, Claim up to $15,900 in Salary Packaging Benefits and Car Leasing options through MaxxiaOn-going career, training and development opportunities

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply Now’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact [email protected] using the subject line: Aged Care Support Worker - Queensland Community Support Scheme - Brisbane enquiry via EthicalJobs.

We are dedicated to playing our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and bring continuity of care and support to our clients. With this in mind, if you are successful, we will discuss with you an alternative to a face to face interview.

Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement here https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA.