• Posi­tion Title Aged Care Sup­port Work­er (CHSP)
• Loca­tion Tjun­tjun­t­jara, Spinifex Lands, WA
• Reports to Health Ser­vices Manager
• Ros­ter 8 weeks on, 2 weeks off
• Award Lev­el 3|Social, Com­mu­ni­ty, Home­care and Dis­abil­i­ty Ser­vices Award 
• Salary Hourly rate: Per­ma­nent $39 – $40.28, casu­al $48.96 — $50.35, inclu­sive of all allowances and poten­tial penal­ty rates
• Per­ma­nent annu­al salary of $77, 396.83 – 79,593.28

LOCA­TION & BACKGROUND

Our aim is to close the gap in health out­comes for Abo­rig­i­nal CHSP clients through a mul­ti-faceted approach that includes a high lev­el of atten­tion to per­son­al well-being and the social deter­mi­nants of health, as well as pro­vid­ing basic ser­vices and clin­i­cal and pri­ma­ry health care. For the CHSP Pro­gram to be effec­tive, it is essen­tial that all staff view their role from a client-based ser­vice per­spec­tive and work togeth­er for the ben­e­fit of the whole community. 

To this end it is essen­tial that all employ­ees be team ori­ent­ed and pre­pared to work coop­er­a­tive­ly in a mul­ti-dis­ci­pli­nary envi­ron­ment. Our goal is to empow­er CHSP clients by adopt­ing a well­ness approach and build­ing capac­i­ty to address their needs. All SHS employ­ees must abide by their con­tract of employ­ment and code of con­duct and apply them­selves to their duties with pro­fes­sion­al­ism, integri­ty, eth­i­cal prac­tice and with due dili­gence. The organ­i­sa­tion has a strong com­mit­ment to the pro­vi­sion of ser­vices that are cul­tur­al­ly appro­pri­ate and safe for Abo­rig­i­nal clients. 

POSI­TION

SUM­MA­RY OF RESPONSIBILITIES

The Sup­port Work­er will assist the health staff to pro­vide ser­vices in line with the CHSP Guide­lines to CHSP Clients. This includes per­son­al care and assis­tance, domes­tic assis­tance includ­ing hygien­ic prepa­ra­tion of meals and deliv­ery as direct­ed by the Health Ser­vices Man­ag­er. A key part of the role will be to com­ply with safe work prac­tices and pro­ce­dures and main­tain a clean kitchen. 

The Sup­port Work­er will assist clients with activ­i­ties, per­son­al care and laun­dry services. 

KEY RESPON­SI­BIL­I­TIES

1. CHSP and Aged Care Clients

• Under­take and assist with domes­tic duties as iden­ti­fied on work­sheet. These include gen­er­al house­hold clean­ing, wash­ing of clothes and bed­ding, clean­ing bath­room, liv­ing areas and toilets. 
• Ensure accu­rate record keep­ing is done, and report­ed to man­ag­er or nurse in charge. 
• Assist in meal plan­ning and order­ing of ingre­di­ents with cost effi­cien­cy in mind.
• Pre­pare meals and deliv­er them in a time­ly man­ner to the community. 
• When deliv­er­ing meals, scan the envi­ron­ment and report poten­tial or actu­al safe­ty con­cerns to the manager. 

Main­tain con­fi­den­tial­i­ty and secu­ri­ty of infor­ma­tion regard­ing clients and their families.

• Under­take train­ing and attend staff meet­ings as required.
• Adhere to organ­i­sa­tions poli­cies and procedures.
• Main­tain good records of finan­cial trans­ac­tions and activ­i­ties to ensure report­ing is accu­rate and timely. 

2. Team­work

• Abil­i­ty to work and plan with oth­er team members.
• Val­ues of hon­esty, integri­ty, and accountability.
• Able to take ini­tia­tive in a team environment.

3. Human Resources

• Iden­ti­fy and request train­ing and devel­op­ment needs through per­for­mance reviews for yourself. 
• Ensure adher­ence to Corporation’s Code of Con­duct, Equal Employ­ment Oppor­tu­ni­ty, Pri­va­cy pro­ce­dures and oth­er poli­cies and programs.

4. Occu­pa­tion­al Health & Safety/​Risk Management

• Take rea­son­able care for your own health and safe­ty and for the health and safe­ty of any­one else who may be affect­ed by your acts or omis­sions at the workplace. 
• Exer­cise a duty of care to work in a safe and effi­cient man­ner, hav­ing regard to your own safe­ty and that of oth­er work­ers and clients. 
• Adhere to all work­place safe­ty poli­cies and processes. 

5. Oth­er Duties and Responsibilities

• Any oth­er duties and respon­si­bil­i­ties as rea­son­ably direct­ed by PTAC from time to time, as required to meet busi­ness needs.

SELEC­TION CRITERIA

1. Expe­ri­ence & Understanding

Essen­tial

• Good com­mu­ni­ca­tion and lis­ten­ing skills
• Abil­i­ty to sup­port those peo­ple requir­ing assistance
• Abil­i­ty to work alone or as part of a team
• Abil­i­ty to work with lim­it­ed supervision 
• Per­son­al dri­ve and resilience, includ­ing abil­i­ty to live and work in a remote location
• Good prob­lem-solv­ing skills

• Some lan­guage skills in Pit­jan­t­jat­jara or will­ing­ness to learn the language.
• A good under­stand­ing of issues relat­ed to frail aged per­sons and or younger peo­ple with disabilities.
• Knowl­edge of hygiene and clean­ing principles
• Expe­ri­ence work­ing with Abo­rig­i­nal com­mu­ni­ties and under­stand­ing of Tjun­tjun­t­jara culture.
• Cul­tur­al safe­ty training

2. Manda­to­ry Com­pe­ten­cies (to be appoint­ed, the points below must be met)

• A cur­rent West­ern Aus­tralian Work­ing with Chil­dren Check.
• A Nation­al Police Clear­ance (not more than 2 years old).
• Aus­tralian cit­i­zen­ship, per­ma­nent res­i­dent sta­tus, or appro­pri­ate work visa.
• A cur­rent man­u­al driver’s licence.
• Cer­tifi­cate 3 in Indi­vid­ual Sup­port or Cer­tifi­cate 4 in Age­ing Sup­port (or equivalent)
• Cur­rent first aid certificate
• Food han­dling cer­ti­fi­ca­tion or Knowl­edge of good food handling
• Good com­put­er skills with under­stand­ing of Word & Excel

For fur­ther details, please con­tact Chris Wil­son, man­ag­er
e: manager@​spinifexhealth.​org.​au
m: 0466 832 185
w: www​.spinifex​health​.org​.au