Community Support Worker

Community Support Worker - Aged Care

• Return to Work program – Funded Certification

• Restart Your Career

• Inviting women in regional NSW looking to retrain or start a new career

Restart Your Career While You Learn

Find meaningful work with flexibility, support, and purpose. RSL LifeCare is inviting women in regional NSW looking to retrain or start a new career to join our ‘Women in New South Wales Return to Work’ program.

This supportive program helps women re enter the workforce with confidence, offering paid work in aged care while you completing a nationally recognised Certificate III in Aged Care.

If you’re returning to the workforce, starting again after time away, or retraining for a new and rewarding career, this could be the opportunity you’re looking for. Aged care offers work that fits around your life while making a real difference every day.

Thanks to partnering with the NSW Government, RSL Lifecare provides paid employment alongside structured training and ongoing support.

At RSL LifeCare, our Home Care teams have the ability to make a big difference to the lives of veterans and seniors while they receive quality and compassionate care in our aged care homes. This is an opportunity for you to join a large social purpose organisation where you can have a huge positive impact and feel the personal and professional reward in return.

At our core, RSL LifeCare provides care and services to veterans and seniors who live in our communities or who are receiving support at home. Our vision of creating proud communities living their best lives is at the heart of everything we do as we continue to build upon our legacy of supporting veterans and their families. for more than 100 years.

About the role

As a Community Support Worker at RSL LifeCare, every day you’re empowered to make a meaningful difference to people’s lives. Within our supportive work environment your skills and compassion are valued. You will have the opportunity to:

• Work collaboratively with residents and their families to provide personal care

• Provide quality, timely and effective care that reflects the unique needs of each resident and in accordance with resident care plans

• Encourage the wellbeing and independence of residents by supporting them to engage in preferred activities and interests

• Embody a person-centred approach, recognising and promoting the individual’s unique goals and preferences

• Participate in risk management and continuous quality improvement activities

• Build strong and productive relationships with your team to deliver positive outcomes for residents

Our benefits

RSL LifeCare offers a range of benefits including:

• Not-for-profit tax benefits - salary packaging of up to $15,900 per year. This allows you to reduce your taxable income by receiving part of your salary as tax-free benefits like super contributions, car leasing, and more.

• Staff discounts across 700 select retail stores through Maxxia Rewards

• Leave Loading - 17.5% pay top up on paid leave

• Career opportunities across Residential Care homes and Community Services

About You

We are excited to hear from you about this role! We are looking out for:

• Your demonstrated compassion, empathy and advocacy. Our teams have a passion for what they do and the impact they make to our residents and their families.

• Your excellent communication skills, both verbal and written to ensure the best possible resident experience, teamwork and standard of care

• Your ability to work efficiently by optimising the use of technology within your role

• Your teamwork. We enjoy working together with a highly skilled team to deliver the best possible care to our residents and support each other.

• Australian Working Rights

Join us today and see where it takes you tomorrow!

It is a mandatory requirement for a team member working in the Aged Care sector to have a valid Police Check or a valid National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) check, or potentially both, to undertake the inherent requirements of the role. Clearances must be verified prior to commencing employment with RSL LifeCare.

Our commitment to diversity

We are proud to stand for our unique values: Do the Right Thing, Aim Higher, Care from the Heart, and Act as One team.

We welcome and encourage applications from people across our diverse community, especially from Veterans, current serving ADF personnel, their families and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants. We believe everyone has the right to feel safe, respected, valued and heard regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or disability.