Home and Community Care - Health Care Worker 

Reporting

This position reports to the Home Care Coordinator.

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Primary Roles and Responsibilities

• Provide practical and personal support to eligible and frail aged residents, residents with disabilities and families to maintain a quality of life and/or prevent early institutionalisation.

• Provide respite for usual full time carers of physically and intellectually disabled children and adults (specific).

• Household domestic cleaning tasks.

• Perform tasks associated with personal assistance, such as assisting with showering, assisting client with shopping, banking, paying accounts, writing letters, assisting with cooking meals, and assisting clients with other duties as requested, including supporting people with self-medication in response to assessed need by HACC Coordinator or District Nurse.

• Provide social and emotional support and companionship to the client or the carer of the client

 

Requirements

• Evidence of an approved course in Certificate III Aged Care through a recognised training organisation.

• Evidence of an approved or willingness to work towards Medication Unit including Recognise Healthy Body Systems in a Health care context and Assist Client with Medications.

• Demonstrated understanding of the needs of frail older people, their carers and people with a disability and their carers.

• Demonstrated a capacity and ability to work self-directed with minimal supervision.

• Experience in performance of a range of household duties.