Colac Otway Shire Council

Community Care Worker COS52

Job No: COS52
Location: Colac

Colac Otway Shire Council's Older Persons and Abilities Support Service require additional staff to meet growing service delivery needs, providing in-home and community-based support for personal care, respite support and domestic duties. This service is an integral part of Colac's highly-regarded health and community services sector with good opportunities for a rewarding career path in the Aged and Disability Services field.

The primary objective of this position is to:

  • Support people of all ages and abilities; with a focus upon capacity building, restorative care, social inclusion and maintaining or promoting a person’s capacity to live as independently and autonomously as possible.
  • A holistic person-centred approach to care that promotes wellness and active participation in goal setting and decision making.is used with timely and flexible services that respond to a person’s goals and their carer’s needs and circumstances.
  • All services are provided with collaborative relationships between providers, for the benefit of people using services.

We can offer you a job where you can make a real difference and meaningful contribution to people's lives. You will be appreciated and work with people who value you. Positions may also be offered to students working towards their formal qualifications in the aged care, disability or childcare sector. In addition to the hourly rate you will be reimbursed for client related travel kilometres.

Salary information: $36.89 to $37.78 per hour plus superannuation.

For further information and how to apply:

    1. Download and review the Position Description including the Key Selection Criteria.
    2. Information to be included with your application:
      • Letter of application 
      • Current resume
      • Key Selection Criteria Responses
    3. Submit your application

Anne Howard

Chief Executive Officer

 Colac Otway Shire Council is a child safe organisation and is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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About Colac Otway Shire

Our shire offers a rewarding lifestyle change and is one of the most picturesque municipalities in Victoria, covering a diverse area from volcanic lakes, craters and plains in the north, through the hinterland forests of the Otway Ranges to the Great Ocean Road coastline. Colac is the key industrial, commercial and service centre for the shire and surrounding region with a population of 12,000. Apollo Bay is the other major urban centre with a permanent population of 1,000 that swells to over 15,000 during the summer season. If you’re interested in working alongside the Colac Otway community, engaging in local projects and helping to make Colac Otway Shire the great place it is, work with us!