Home and Garden Maintenance Support Worker

The Position (0.6-0.8 FTE)

Manjimup Home and Community Care is seeking a dedicated home and garden maintenance support worker to join our friendly team providing lawn mowing and gardening duties, and occasional minor home maintenance for our consumers. You will need to be available for scheduled as well as weekend work.

This role includes:

• Undertake lawn mowing, various garden maintenance tasks, prioritising works to meet consumer needs and service requirements.
• Engage consumers in garden and maintenance activities to build capacity to maintain and promote a consumer’s ability to live as independently as possible.
• Provide advice and assistance with safety-related minor maintenance enquiries and tasks as accessed and approved.
• Conduct servicing and minor repairs to Shire machinery and equipment.
• Reporting consumer changes via case notes, and manager reports when urgent.
• Maintain active communication regarding consumers and service delivery through team meetings, training and development opportunities, and regular reports to Home and Garden Maintenance Supervisor.
• Ensure consumer confidentiality is maintained at all times.

The Person

The ideal applicant will have the following skills and experience:

• Proven ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Demonstrated ability to work to a plan and schedule of work to meet a range of deadlines.
• Demonstrated effective and empathic communication with older people, people with disabilities and families/carers.
• Demonstrated physical capacity to undertake work.
• Knowledge of gardening, reticulation, minor building and home maintenance trades.
• C Class drivers’ licence, with fully insured vehicle able to pull a trailer with equipment.
• Current NDIS Check, or willingness to obtain.
• Previous experience in a Community Care environment (desirable).
• Senior First Aid Certificate (desirable).

Note: MHCC employees are required to be COVID-19 vaccinated (min. 3 doses) as per ‘Management of COVID-19 for Manjimup Home and Community Care (MHCC) Aged and Disability Services’ Policy.

To Apply

Click 'Download' below for the full application package. Applications can be submitted online, via email to info@manjimup.wa.gov.au or posted to PO Box 1, Manjimup WA 6258.

The Shire of Manjimup reserves the right to commence interviews prior to the closing date for applications. For further information, please contact Emily O’Neil, Human Resources Manager on (08) 9771 7751 or at hr@manjimup.wa.gov.au.