Are you ready to turn your passion for helping others into a fulfilling career? Join our team as a Home Care Worker and make a real difference every day! In this rewarding role, you’ll provide compassionate care and essential support, helping older adults maintain their independence and live life to the fullest in the comfort of their own homes. Be part of a team that empowers individuals to thrive, fostering meaningful connections within their community—and with you!

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What your day will look like….

As a Home Care Worker, every day is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact! Your role will include providing personalized support to clients—whether it's assisting with household tasks, offering personal care, providing respite, accompanying them on outings, or fostering social connections—all while embodying the values of Darling Downs Health. You'll enjoy the flexibility and independence of managing your own schedule, adapting to changes with ease, and ensuring each client feels valued and cared for. By bringing empathy, cultural understanding, and excellent communication skills to every interaction, you'll play a vital role in enhancing the lives of those you support—all while maintaining high standards of confidentiality and workplace safety.

Let's talk about you!

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can inspire the following:

• Compassion – you will engage with others and demonstrate empathy, care, kindness, support and understanding.
• Integrity – you are open, honest, approachable, equitable and consistent in everything we do.
• Dignity – you treat others with respect, display reasonableness and take pride in what you do.
• Innovation – you embrace change and strive to know more, learn more and do better.
• Courage – you respectfully question for clarity and have the strength and confidence to Speak Up.

Why Us?

Darling Downs Health's (DDH) region is a large geographic area covering approximately 90,000 square kilometres across Southeast Queensland. We are one of the largest employers in the region, with a diverse team of more than 6,000 staff. We deliver frontline health services across our 30 facilities and care for nearly 300,000 people, support the birth of almost 3,000 babies and perform more than 15,000 breastscreens.

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas throughout our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work culture that values and respects diversity in the workplace. We also believe that all our employees should be treated fairly, with dignity and with respect.  DDH is committed to providing a safe, secure, supportive, and inclusive workplace.

Benefits!

• Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
• A diverse work culture
• Career development
• Professional development opportunities
• Education opportunities, Study and Research
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounted Private Health Insurance
• Fitness Passport
• Work-Life Balance, Variety and Flexibility
• Generous Salary Sacrificing

Next step….

Applicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation.

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Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

For more information about Darling Downs Health, please go to www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• Candidate Application Guide (PDF, 198KB)
  Application Kit
  
  DD2412610590 Role Description (PDF, 271KB)
  Role Description