Home & Garden Handyperson Community Care (Casual position)

Village Baxter is a not-for-profit organisation with over 25 years of providing in home services to our local communities. We are very proud to uphold our mission statement of every person cared for; every person valued.

Village Baxters Community Care Team provides personal care and domestic services throughout the Frankston & Mornington Peninsula area. We are seeking to add another casual Maintenance & Gardening Handyperson to our team. The role involves practical outdoor work with occasional light maintenance duties.

We are seeking someone hardworking polite and physically fit who is interested in working across Frankston South and surrounding suburbs.

Successful applicants will have a strong desire to help others the ability to work autonomously strong communication skills and a commitment to excellence in the delivery of home and garden maintenance services to older Australians.

Regular duties will include cleaning windows and gutters cleaning ceiling fans and air-con filters changing smoke detector batteries mowing pruning weeding and general garden tidy ups. Staff are expected to provide their own equipment (mower gardening tools ladder etc.) and will need a current drivers license and regular access to a reliable fully insured vehicle.

Additional information regarding the role can be found in the Position Description:

experience in a similar role within a Homecare Aged Care or Disability services environment will be strongly regarded. Hours will vary from week-to-week with a likely maximum of 15 hours.

Staff are paid weekly and salary packaging arrangements enable staff to boost their take home pay. We pay travel time and a kilometre allowance for travel between clients.

Please apply at your earliest convenience ensuring that you clearly indicate availability across the week and your preferred start date.

Note that our standard pre-employment checks include a national Police Check as well as providing evidence of seasonal influenza vaccinations