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.
As an Aged Care Home & Community Assistant, you'll support older Australians to remain independent in their own homes by assisting with everyday tasks and building meaningful connections. You'll travel between clients' homes within a local area, so a willingness to drive between appointments is essential.
We have casual opportunities available across the following locations, with work typically provided within a 30-minute radius:
Shifts are available between 7:00am and 6:00pm, Monday to Friday, with a minimum shift length of 2 hours. There are no weekend, overnight or sleepover shifts, making this an ideal role for anyone looking to build experience in the care sector.
Depending on your experience and qualifications, you may support clients with:
Candidates without qualifications will initially focus on domestic assistance and community support tasks. As you gain experience, there may be opportunities to undertake additional training and progress into personal care responsibilities.
We're looking for people who are:
We welcome applications from people starting their career in care and provide training and support to help you succeed.
If you already hold a Certificate III in Individual Support, Ageing Support or similar, you'll have the opportunity to provide a broader range of support, including personal care.
Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries, please contact Jennifer Tonner at recruitment@lwb.org.au
Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.
Applications close at 11:55pm on Monday 26th October.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
