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Personal Carer
Wesley Mission Queensland (WMQ) is an innovative and responsive not-for-profit community service provider, with more than 70 locations throughout South East Queensland. We support more than 100,000 Queenslanders every year with aged care, disability and mental health services, youth and family programs, palliative care and emergency relief. With over 100 years’ experience in caring for our community, Wesley Mission Queensland has a history steeped in hope, respect, compassion, empowerment, innovation, justice and integrity. To learn more about our organisation, please see www.wmq.org.au & https://www.youtube.com/user/wmbmedia.
Looking for an enthusiastic personal carer to join the team at Cooper House. Minimum 20 hour per fortnight. Able to work all shifts and cover for Christmas leave and annual leave. Must be a team player being willing to join a team who want to make residents lives the best they can be.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Build positive relationships with care recipients, families and colleagues.
- Positively contribute to the warmth and welcoming culture of the Home.
- Align one’s workplace behaviour with the WMQ Model of Care, the Wesley Charter and Wesley Mission
Queensland’s Vision, Mission and Values.
- Work as part of a team to provide catering, cleaning and personal care in a neighbourhood/community like
environment for care recipients.
- Assist care recipients to attain and maintain their optimum degree of independence, dignity, privacy and
quality of life.
- Report information about the care recipient’s care and wellbeing to the Registered Nurse/Clinical
Nurse/Facility Manager.
- Recognise health and environmental hazards and be proactive in corrective action, and complete all
allocated Workplace Health and Safety training.
- Contribute to the assessment of care recipients including documentation, for example ACFI documentation.
- Share your ideas about ways to improve our services.
- Put the Eden Domains of wellbeing into practice.
Applications must address the 'Qualifications, Knowledge and Requirement' for this role (contained within the attached position description) and are to be submitted online at www.wmq.org.au by 4pm of the closing date.
For more information, please contact Di Burgess; DBurgess@wmq.org.au
Why work with Wesley Mission Queensland
Working alongside people who love what they do
Above Award pay
Salary Packaging
Income Protection
Product Discounts
Travel Discounts
Access to discounted holiday units
Employee Assistance Program
Wesley Mission Queensland's Vision is: ‘a compassionate, just and inclusive society for all’. We are committed to EEO, OH&S, Ethical Practices and the principles of Cultural Diversity and are a preferred employer for older workers. Wesley Mission Queensland has been recognised as a GOLD Mental Health First Aid Skilled Workplace by Mental Health First Aid Australia for our strong commitment to embedding the Mental Health First Aid program into our organisation. Successful applicants are expected to abide by the WMQ Code of Conduct. Relevant criminal record checks will be undertaken on recommended applicant. To view our Privacy Policy, please click here. Salary Packaging is available to permanent Staff to enhance remuneration.
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