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Direct Care Worker - Casual
SA Health
Job reference: 932967
Location: 5431 - ORROROO
Job status: Casual
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

  • Yorke and Northern Local Health Network, Orroroo Hospital and Health Service
  • Salary $32.90 - $34.80 per hour + 25% casual loading - WHD3
  • Casual contracts until April 2027 - multiple casual contracts available

 

Are you passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of others? Do you have a caring and compassionate nature? If so, we want you to join our team as a Direct Care Worker at our Residential Care Home!

As a Direct Care Worker working on a casual basis, you will play a crucial role in providing exceptional care and support to our residents.  Your responsibilities will include a variety of tasks aimed at ensuring the comfort, well-being, and dignity of those in our care.  

Duties may include:

  • Supporting personal care, hygiene, grooming, toileting, mobility, and transfers
  • Assisting with glasses, hearing aids, and self-administration of medication
  • Helping with routine treatments and special needs
  • Distributing clean laundry and attire, and maintaining equipment and personal items
  • Providing transportation for clients

About you:

  • Ability to work effectively within teams and meet deadlines
  • Strong communication skills with people from diverse backgrounds
  • Competence in general tasks under supervision while maintaining confidentiality
  • Willingness to support elderly, frail, or disabled individuals; on-the-job training provided

More information about the role can be found in the Role Description attachment below.

Why work with us?

A career in the Yorke and Northern Local Health Network offers many great lifestyle benefits, including diverse job prospects and the opportunity to fast track your skills and career, not to mention your choice of scenery from farm, ocean, vineyards and the Southern Flinders ranges. View the below videos for more information about working for Yorke and Northern Local Health Network

Yorke and Northern LHN - We care for you

Work with us - Yorke and Northern LHN

Important Information

If you're employed full-time, part-time or on a casual basis you could be eligible to pay for a range of expenses with your pre-tax salary, including groceries, utility bills and some work-related expenses including self-education.  Watch a short video about what salary packaging is.

SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.

Refer to the SA Health Career Website - How to apply for further information. Job ref: 932967.

Check(s)

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements:

  • DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check 
  • National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
  • Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Got questions? Contact:

Joan Luckraft
EO/DON Orroroo
Phone: 0477 361 440 or  8658 1054
E-mail: joan.luckraft@sa.gov.au 

Application Closing Date

18 April 2027 - 11.55PM

Attachments

932967 Direct Care Worker WHD3 Role Description.pdf

Job Capacity Statement PCA Carer Aged Care.pdf

Australian applicant guidelines


Applications close: 18/04/2027 11:55 PM

Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.