Personal Carer | BlueCare | Palliative Care | Mackay

• Employment Status: Permanent Full time

• Location: Mackay & Surrounding Areas

• Remuneration: $36.31p/hr + Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging (Increases your take home pay) + Allowances & Travel Reimbursement (KM’s) + Employee discounts

Your part in the team

BlueCare's specialised palliative care services is growing throughout Queensland.  Joining our team, you will be at the forefront of BlueCare's transformative journey to expand palliative care services across the state. This unique opportunity offers:

• a diverse role that combines professional growth in both community services and palliative care.

• robust clinical structure and innovative service models, ensuring the delivery of exceptional end-of-life care.

You will be well supported by the palliative care and the wider BlueCare community service teams, so support is always there!  Importantly, you will contribute significantly to our core belief that every Queenslander deserves the highest standard of palliative care within the comfort of their own home.

We currently have an opportunity for a Personal Carer to join the team in Mackay. You will provide care to your palliative care clients living in the community, supporting their end of life wishes and improving their quality of life.

• Spending your time on the road completing scheduled visits, interacting one-on-one with clients within their homes supporting with daily activities

• In home personal care, daily living assistance including showering, personal hygiene, meal preparation, house cleaning, laundry and ironing

• Providing care in accordance with their individualised Care Plan

• Supporting with community based recreational and social activities

• Transportation and assistance with shopping and appointments.

We encourage our team to be creative and enjoy themselves while contributing to our success. Come join one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia.

Role requirements:  

• Certificate III Aged Care, Individual Support or an equivalent qualification - Essential

• Current Australian Driver’s Licence (Green Provisional minimum) - Essential

• Roadworthy & insured (Third Party Property minimum) vehicle to use for work- Essential

• Experience with technology incl. smartphones, tablets, laptops etc

• Confidence to satisfy the relevant probity checks required by legislation or policies

Employee Benefits:  

• Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum 

• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs  

• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme  

• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events 

• Career development opportunities with one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference   

BlueCare is proudly part of the UnitingCare Family, we’d love you to be too

Joining the state’s largest network of aged care workers with its over 8,000 strong, bright team in blue, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. With more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, you are part of something bigger. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe, Child friendly  

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:  

• Provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children  

• Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services

• Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur  

• Abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme  

Diversity & Inclusion  

Our approach is simple –everybody is welcome here.  At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position. For additional support and to meet our RAP Team, email [email protected]

Safe workplace  

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.