In Home Health Care Worker

Home Health Care Worker (Community)  - $28.03 to $33.27 per hour
Casual Opportunity

About the role
The Health Care Worker (HCW) provides holistic, safe, effective and quality care to consumers in the community consistent with the organisation’s mission, vision and values. This will include but not be limited to, assisting consumers with showering, dressing, grooming, general cleaning, laundry, bed making, grocery shopping, meal preparation and social activities. The HCW is required to work as a productive member of a care team to provide person-centred care to the consumers in their home in accordance with the care plan and individual preferences.

Key Responsibilities

• Assisting consumers to undertake activities of daily living safely and in accordance with the consumers' preferences, wishes and individual care plans
• Identify and report any changes in the consumer’s health, wellbeing or safety. 
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with consumers and their carers, along with other members of the health care team.
• Provide or assist in the provision of meaningful social activities for older people or younger people with a disability to create and maintain social relationships and support them to remain at home safely and independently. 
• Work alongside and support the care team to ensure that high-quality care is delivered in line with policies and procedures and within the scope of practice for the role.

Qualifications

• Possess a Certificate III in Individual Support or equivalent.
• Successful attainment of HLTFSE001– Follow Basic Food Safety Practices. 

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Culture & Benefits 

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset.  We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
• Access to Fitness Passport membership
• Staff rewards and recognition programs

Interested?

Click APPLY or if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact Folasade Obagbemi on 0447754517 for a confidential discussion. 

We're actively seeking candidates for this role and will review applications as they are submitted. Applications will close when the position is filled.

Diversity and Inclusion
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check. All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.