Personal Care Worker Team Leader (Full Time)
Job No:
S734
Location:
Metro South Community and Aged Care - Cleveland
* Want to work for a supportive and friendly community based organisation!
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About Us
Spiritus is an Anglican not-for-profit organisation providing caring and supportive services in partnership with government and other support organisations, to respond to identified needs in our community.
Our staff connect with people on every step of their lives' paths, responding with compassion, creativity, commitment and courage to the needs of the infirm and those most at risk in our communities.
Every day the passionate staff and volunteers of Spiritus are working to respond to growing community demand for our services.
Spiritus is committed to social and community welfare issues and aged and community care needs, particularly with respect to disadvantaged members of the community.
Whether it is providing nursing care and domestic assistance in the home, physiotherapy to enable the return of mobility, emergency accommodation for victims of domestic violence, working with foster carers in the care of vulnerable children, a safe caring environment for frail elderly people, wound care for homeless, skills training for young unemployed people or parental education and counselling, Spiritus is there, providing the best quality care available.
The work of Spiritus stretches from Cairns to Coolangatta, from Birdsville to Brisbane and reaches people of all ages with a variety of needs.
You are invited to reflect on our Vision, Mission and Value statements on our web site!
About the Role
Are you enthusiastic about enhancing the wellness of the frail aged? Do you enjoy facilitating positive outcomes for clients through good organisation and facilitation? Do you have some leadership experience?
Our Metro South service area is seeking applications for an enthusiastic individual to lead, coordinate and support teams of Personal Care Workers to deliver exceptional quality care to an assigned group of clients (within zones) in the Metro South area. This role will be based at the Cleveland office.
Reporting to the Care Coordinator, and working closely through delegation with the nursing and allied health teams, , the PCW Team Leader will assist with the facilitation and monitoring of individualised task plans which meet the needs of frail aged. This role will also provide day-to-day supervision and leadership of a team of Personal Care Workers; assist with the orientation of new staff and provide guidance and support, including assessment of work practices, client documentation and other related activities, as delegated by the Care Coordinator.
While the PCW Team Leader will carry out some office-based functions, the incumbent will frequently travel within the designated zones to provide hands-on support to their team of Personal Care Workers, and from time to time the role will be required to carry out care-related tasks.
The successful applicant will have:
- Certificate IV in Home and Community Care or equivalent, or substantial progress towards this;
- Current First Aid Certificate;
- Current unrestrictedQueenslanddrivers licence;
- Knowledge of community care services;
- Ability to effectively manage teams; ;
- Knowledge of Workplace Health and Safety regulations and requirements;
- Sound interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills and an intermediate level of computer skills;
- Current National Police Certificate or eligible to receive one prior to commencing employment; and
- Willingness to travel frequently within designated client zones and to carry out care-related activities.
Previous experience in a senior Personal Care Worker or supervisory role or experience in facilitating non-clinical community based services is highly desirable.
If this sounds like just the career opportunity you are looking for, and you’d love to lead a team to achieve great client outcomes, we welcome your application.
For further information please contact Janet Rhodes on 0420 279 438.
Applications close Friday 17 February 2012