We are seeking casual Personal Care Assistants to join our care team at our Woodhaven Home in Lockhart, New South Wales. Become a part of our beautiful 23-bed home, where you can contribute to a unique community and deliver high-quality care to our elderly residents.

As a proud not for profit organisation since 1922, Respect Aged Care serves older residents through our high standard of care and community. Our focus is on giving back to older adults by fostering communities of belonging. Headquartered on the northwest coast of Tasmania, our philosophy is: Everyone deserves the right to a well-lived life, with dignity and respect.

Our organisation is constantly growing, with many homes and thousands of residents and employees across Victoria, New south Wales and Tasmania. Respect also has home care services in multiple states, and more than 700 units in different retirement villages and independent living communities.

Personal care assistant

The successful candidates will join our dynamic and supportive care team and will provide competent personal care, support and assistance to all residents under the direction and guidance of the senior clinical team. The Personal Care Assistant is responsible for providing competent personal care, support and assistance to all residents under the direction and guidance of the senior clinical team.

Key Duties:

• Provide personal care to assist residents to maintain independence and dignity with respect to activities of daily living and lifestyle.
• Attend to meal delivery and refreshments as required.
• Record observations on relevant assessment charts and documents any observed exceptions to the care plan in the progress notes; and reports such to the EN/RN.
• Check residents daily menu requirements.
• Attend to duties as allocated and or delegated by the RN/EN, including general ward duties.
• Any other task not defined but within the employees skills, as directed by the organisation.

Essential:

• Current National Police Certificate & NDIS Screening (or ability to acquire)
• Relevant Certificate III Qualification
• Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills

To be considered for employment with Respect, each candidate must satisfy the legislative requirements of Aged Care Worker Screening to ensure suitability to work in the aged care industry.

We offer:

• Competitive salary and entitlements.
• Pay incentives including not-for-profit salary packaging.
• Meaningful work in a purpose-driven organisation.
• Long-term employment in a recession-proof sector.
• A healthy and positive workplace culture.
• Learning, development, and growth opportunities.

Our purpose:

To care for the elderly in our communities in an environment of respect, value, and belonging.

Our Values:
Respect - Treat all people with fairness and dignity
Care -  Look after and protect the elderly, and each other
Teamwork -  Encourage, cooperate, and build trust
Courage -  Do the right thing, even when it’s difficult
Integrity -  Be open, honest, and trustworthy
Innovation -  Think differently to solve problems.
Excellence -  Drive quality to continuously improve.

Our Newcastle team has an exciting opportunity available for an organised, efficient and dedicated Customer Care Executive to join them on a permanent full-time basis.

Your extraordinary skills will be used for the day-to-day phone based management of our business customers. This role reports directly to the Customer Service Manager and will see you utilise your awesome Customer Service experience to enhance customer relationships, nurture the existing portfolio, grow and sustain the business services portfolio as well as exploring sales opportunities through actively promoting our services via inbound and outbound activities.

In this role, you will be required to:

• Conduct outbound calls to existing customers and exceptional customer service
• Sell consultatively and make recommendations to prospects and customers of various solutions the company offers
• Actively identify new business lead opportunities and communicate these via the standard operating procedures to the relevant field sales person
• Develop a database of qualified leads through referrals, telephone conversations and networking
• Effective management and resolution of all customer enquiries in a timely manner
• Focus on client retention and protect existing portfolio by identifying opportunities to re-sign and upgrade existing contracts
• Create quality sales leads for the field based sales team
• Liaise with other departments to ensure customer enquiries are resolved in a timely manner
• 1st contact resolution
• Processing enquiries efficiently and pro-actively resolving client issues
• Make outgoing calls to our existing client database to promote our products and services

To be successful, you will need to have the following:

• Prior experience in Sales, Account Management and Customer Service role.
• Highly developed negotiation skills to ensure contractual obligations are met
• Previous working experience in a similar role will be highly regarded
• 2 years excellent customer service/telesales skills
• Demonstrated skills in B2B sales development
• Highly effective time management skills
• Intermediate computer and system skills
• Complaint handling experience
• Ability to work under pressure, multi-task and work autonomously
• Meeting Deadlines and KPIs' on a daily/monthly basis
• High attention to detail
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Love working in a team environment

The successful candidate must be able to pass a Pre-employment medical as well as background checks.

About Us -

Rentokil Initial is a member of the FTSE 100 of leading companies. This is a growing and successful business – we employ some 36,000 colleagues across 66 countries – and offer a wide range of learning and development programmes for colleagues to enhance their skills.

If you're the Customer Service Superstar we're looking for, and you are seeking a supportive company culture and a great opportunity for your career, click the Apply button now to submit your resume.

Employee Testimonials -

"I have been with Rentokil Initial for 15 years and they have always been there and supportive of me...so I have tried to carry that on as a manager myself."

Deb Morris

"The team culture is inclusive, family-oriented and feels like a small business even though it is global"

Lisa Craker

• ​​​New Lambton, Newcastle
• Stable, permanent shifts 
• Not for profit company!
• $30.71 per hour + Superannuation + Shift penalties + NFP!

Why you'll love working with us:

• An opportunity to build a career with a successful growing values-based organisation
• Be part of a supportive and inclusive 'people first' culture
• Great salary packaging opportunities and other benefits

Make a difference through providing high quality personalised care to our valued aged care residents at our St John's Villa. Rewarding & diverse role that includes personal care such as showering, dressing, assisting with eating and social activities & supporting our Residents in living life to its fullest.

Our St John's Villa in New Lambton is home to 48 residents which provides exceptional care to our residents. Close to public transport and local shops. 

As part of a dedicated team who work hard to create a safe, home like environment you’ll be responsible for:

• Assisting with personal care such as showering & dressing
• Supporting with day to day tasks such as eating and social activities
• Working with clinical staff to ensure care plans are followed
• Maintaining documentation & working as part of a team to ensure our residents’ health and well-being are optimised
• Providing high quality service to families and the community

To be successful in this role you’ll need:

• A heart & passion for providing high quality care to the elderly
• Great communication & team work skills
• Flexibility & the ability to adapt to change
• A Certificate 3 in Aged Care (or equivalent) or a willingness to obtain
• COVID vaccinated  
• NDIS check or willing to obtain

• Guaranteed hours and shifts in South Brisbane - Perm Part Time 

• Extensive paid training. Paid km’s. Phone allowance and other discounts 

When was the last time you made a difference in someone's life?

For our Aged Care Workers, it’s with every customer, and on every shift. It takes a special person to be a Care Worker and help the older members of our community. We are looking for just that person to join our KinCare team in South Brisbane.  

Your day will include;

• Domestic Assistance: Cleaning the home of older people so they have a safe and beautiful place to live

• Helping our customers with meal preparation and shopping 

• Providing social support and access to lifestyle activities

• Personal care inc getting them up, showered and dressed for the day, medication management, assisting with mobility and therapy goals

• Providing respite and emotional support

• Social support and transport to appointments

• Providing complex care for customers with high care needs, such as dementia 

Why KinCare?

• We’re committed to improving the quality of life and wellbeing for our customers through tailored in-home care services. 

• Guarantee hours close to home as a permanent part time employee.

• Your well-being is our priority. You can’t care for others if you don’t look after yourself.

• Extensive paid training and culture of continuous learning to ensure you know what’s expected and have the opportunity to learn.

• Accelerated learning programs to gain your professional qualifications (Cert 3).

• Paid CPR and First Aid courses.

• Paid km’s, phone allowance and discounts on your car maintenance.

• Free uniform and a shoe allowance.

• Support at every step of your employment journey with KinCare.

What do we look for in a Care Worker? 

• You care about assisting our aged community so they can live independently at home for longer. 

• You have a current P1 class or above Australian Drivers License and a registered vehicle – travel is part of the role.

• You don’t sweat the small stuff; sometimes your customer will be having a bad day or traffic delays you. You know not to take this personally and to shake it off before your next customer.

• You're available to work at least 3 days - Monday - Friday. No night or weekend work here.

• You're comfortable working independently and finding solutions to everyday problems, knowing when to ask your Manager for help. 

If you’re looking for an organisation that cares about you, apply today. 

We are a 2023 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.

When you apply we will send you a link to a short online assessment from Vervoe so you can see what a day in the life of our Home Care Worker will be like. Before joining our team, we require a National Police Check, functional assessment and evidence of covid vaccination.