Support Worker

Join Our Team as a Home Care Worker!

Hourly Rate: Up to $34.76 per hour + 99c per km + travel-time + Salary Packaging
Job Type: Part-time with stable shifts to suit your schedule
Location: Greater Western Sydney

About the Opportunity
In this role, you will provide essential, practical care and companionship to older individuals living in their own homes, helping to empower their independence and enhance their quality of life.

Key Responsibilities

• Help at Home: Housekeeping, grocery shopping, and meal preparation.
• Personal Care: Assisting with personal hygiene, showering, dressing, mealtime, and medication administration.
• Transport: Driving clients to appointments or on shopping trips.
• Social and Wellbeing: Accompanying clients on outings and social support activities.

Who we are looking for

• Previous experience in aged or community care preferred, or a strong desire to begin a career in aged care.
• Empathetic and resourceful, embodying Uniting’s values of compassion, respect, imagination, and boldness.
• Flexibility to accommodate the evolving needs and schedules of our clients.
• Certificate III/IV in Aged Care, Individual Support, or equivalent qualification.
• Experience in providing client-centered care.
• Current First Aid certificate.
• Valid driver’s license and access to a comprehensively insured vehicle.

We are bold, imaginative, respectful, and compassionate. Join us in making a positive impact on the lives of our clients and the community.

What We Offer You:

• A rewarding career with a leading human services organisation.
• Up to $18,550 NFP salary packaging available.
• Access to our U rewards program with exclusive discounts.
• Flexible work hours for work-life balance.
• Access to Fitness Passport – Live your best life.
• A supportive, inclusive, and collaborative work environment.
• Opportunities for professional growth.
• Purchase of additional leave.

Click here to learn more about our great benefits: Benefits of working at Uniting 

About Uniting Aged Care

When you’re part of Uniting NSW & ACT, you’re part of a diverse, purpose-led team of people who are really making a difference to the world around them.

We contribute to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services and spiritual care. We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

Uniting leaders and employees work together to create a culture that is safe, inclusive and person-centred. We bring this to life every day through our values: compassionate, respectful, imaginative and bold.

Uniting acknowledges the continuing sovereignty and rich cultural diversity of Australia’s First Peoples. We pay our respects to all Elders – past, present, and emerging – and to all First Peoples on whose lands we live and work.

Uniting is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing, and inclusion of children and young people.

What to expect
Please know that employment with Uniting requires:

• A National Police Check
• First Aid Certificate
• Working Rights Check

How to apply
If you see yourself in this role, we’d love to hear from you. Just click on the ‘Apply now’ button, fill out your details and submit. Once you apply, we’ll keep you up to date on how your application is progressing. We encourage applications from people who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.