Home & Community Assistant - QCSS. Casual - Townsville & Surrounds
Home & Community Assistant - QCSS. Casual - Townsville & Surrounds
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Job Description
About the Role
You will provide personalised support to our QCSS (Queensland Community Support Scheme) clients within their homes in Townsville. You will provide supports to people with a disability illness or mental health condition to maintain their independence and achieve their goals.
This is a Casual opportunity with working hours available between 7am to 5pm Monday to Friday no evening or sleepover shifts. You will be required to travel to support multiple clients each day within Townsville and surrounding local areas so a willingness to travel is essential to this role (you will be reimbursed .99 cents per kilometre travelled while you work).
This is a great opportunity for someone that is looking to make a positive impact in their community while developing their skills and building a career.
Key Responsibilities
- Domestic assistance such as light house cleaning and meal preparation
- Personal care inclusive of showering daily hygiene monitoring of health and wellbeing
- Skill development and social support
- Community access to appointments social events and shopping
- Promote independence according to individual needs and goals
- Establish a rapport and collaborate effectively with clients and their families
Skills & Experience
- An Australian Drivers Licence and reliable vehicle with minimum third-party insurance
- Strong communication skills with the ability to build and maintain positive relationships
- Excellent organisational skills hygiene practices and problem-solving abilities
- A current First Aid and CPR Certificate (must be obtained prior to employment)
About the Organisation
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose not for profit organisation of 8000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children young people and families people with disability older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers.
Empowering people with disability to live life the way they choose is at the heart of how Life Without Barriers has operated for over 25 years. This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and continue this mission. Support people with disability to have the choice control and independence to live their best life. If youre passionate about inclusivity respect and making a meaningful difference this is the career move for you.
We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each clients individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.
Benefits
- An opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the lives people in your local community
- Get reimbursed .99 cents per kilometre travelled while you work
- Casual hourly rate from $41.76 Super
- Access to Fitness Passport a workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a choice of gyms and pools across your area
- Access to discounts and benefits at selected retail outlets cinemas restaurants and more
Successful candidates will be required to undertake relevant pre-employment checks to ensure the safety of our clients. This includes a National Criminal History Record Check QLD Working with Children Check (Blue Card) and an Aged Care Statutory Declaration.
How to Apply
Include your resume and covering letter in one document click Apply and follow the prompts. For any enquiries please contact Rianne Gifford at
Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.
Applications close at midnight on Tuesday the 26th of August 2025
Employment Type
Gig
