Home Care Worker

Job Overview

Join the Silverchain Group team as a Home Care Worker and make a meaningful impact on the lives of elderly community members by supporting their independence and wellbeing. This full-time, onsite position based in Burnie, Tasmania, requires at least three months of similar professional experience in aged care.

What We Offer

• Guaranteed working hours and scheduled shifts.
• Competitive pay at $34.42 per hour plus superannuation and reimbursement for kilometers traveled.
• Access to an employee benefits program along with salary packaging opportunities up to $18,550 tax free annually.
• Opportunities for accelerated professional development programs including Certificate III qualifications.
• Paid CPR and First Aid training courses.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing home help services to aged care clients such as general housekeeping, bed making, cleaning floors, and laundry tasks including washing, folding, and ironing.
• Assisting with meal preparation and grocery shopping.
• Delivering personal care including helping clients with getting out of bed, showering, dressing, medication assistance, mobility support, and therapy goal facilitation.
• Caring for clients with complex needs including those with dementia.
• Offering social and emotional support and transporting clients to appointments and lifestyle activities.
• Supporting family carers by providing respite care.

Candidate Profile

• Enjoyment of a dynamic and varied daily work routine.
• Passion for delivering high-quality care and building meaningful relationships with clients and their families.
• Ability to remain calm and professional despite challenges such as client mood or travel delays.
• Comfortable working independently while knowing when to seek managerial support.
• Possession of a valid Australian Driver's Licence and access to a reliable, insured, and roadworthy vehicle.
• At least three months of experience in a related role with skills in personal care, manual handling, hoist operation, and medication administration.

About Silverchain Group

• As a valued team member, you contribute to delivering 'Best Care' that is safe, personalized, connected, and effective.
• We are one of the few Australian home care providers accredited under both national health and aged care standards.
• Being a not-for-profit organization, we reinvest in research and innovative care models setting industry benchmarks.
• Ongoing development opportunities through training and educational programs are available to support your career growth.

Additional Information

Silverchain Group celebrates diversity and inclusion, encouraging applications from Indigenous Australians, people of all ages, genders, abilities, and cultural backgrounds.

Successful candidates must complete a Statutory Declaration, National Police Check, Working Rights check, and a pre-employment functional assessment prior to starting.