Aged Care Worker
Aged care worker job description
Aged care workers in Australia have diverse responsibilities, encompassing personal care, household management, and social support for residents. They assist with tasks like bathing, dressing, eating, and medication management, while also ensuring residents' well-being and promoting a safe and supportive environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Personal Care: Assisting with bathing, dressing, grooming, and toileting, ensuring residents' hygiene and dignity.
- Mobility Assistance: Helping residents move around safely, including transfers and walking assistance.
- Meal Preparation and Feeding: Preparing meals, assisting with eating, and ensuring residents receive adequate nutrition.
- Personal Care: Assisting with bathing, dressing, grooming, and toileting, ensuring residents' hygiene and dignity.
- Household Tasks: Helping with light cleaning, laundry, and maintaining a tidy and safe living space.
- Transportation: Assisting with appointments and outings.
- Social Support: Providing companionship, engaging residents in activities, and fostering social interactions.
- Observation and Reporting: Monitoring residents' health and well-being and reporting any changes to the care team.
- Incident Reporting: Reporting incidents or concerns to the appropriate authorities
- Communication: Communicating effectively with residents, families, and other members of the care team.
- Record Keeping: Maintaining accurate records of care provided, including medication administration and observations.
- Record Keeping: Maintaining accurate records of care provided, including medication administration and observations.
Labour agreement information
Aged care workers in Australia have diverse responsibilities, encompassing personal care, household management, and social support for residents. They assist with tasks like bathing, dressing, eating, and medication management, while also ensuring residents' well-being and promoting a safe and supportive environment.
You can use the Aged Care Industry Labour Agreement to sponsor overseas workers in the following key direct care occupations:
Nursing Support Worker (ANZSCO 423312)
Personal Care Assistant (ANZSCO 423313)
Aged or Disabled Carer (ANZSCO 423111)
Labour agreement information
Access the following concessions to standard skilled visa requirements:
two year pathway to permanent residence through the Employer Nomination Scheme
Employer Nomination Scheme
streamlined visa nomination and priority visa application processing
no post qualification work experience requirement
English language concessions for workers with relevant community language skills
annual salary of at least $51,222 AUD or the Australian Market Salary Rate, where it is higher.
Key visa application requirements:
Hold a relevant AQF Certificate III or equivalent, or higher qualification. You can also have 12 months of relevant work experience or part time equivalence in lieu of the qualification.
Obtain a positive skills assessment from the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council or Community Work Australia if you obtained your qualifications overseas. This also applies if you claim work experience in lieu of the formal qualifications.
Have an English language proficiency level of at least IELTS 5.0 or equivalent.
Workers with target community language skills employed by culturally and linguistically diverse aged care providers need at least IELTS 4.5 or equivalent. An IELTS of 5.5 or equivalent is required for the Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186) visa for workers sponsored under the Employer Nomination Scheme (subclass 186) visa, have at least two years of relevant work experience in Australia in a direct care occupation.
The two years of work experience is not tied to a particular employer or visa subclass.
We will consider labour market testing requirements satisfied once aged care providers have entered into an MoU with the relevant union(s). Skill and qualification requirements will differ from those stipulated in ANZSCO. These will be specified under the terms of each Labour Agreement.