Residential Care Worker

Community Services
Aged Care & Disability Support
Entry Level

As a Residential Care Worker, you bring a process-savvy approach to delivering services and supporting teams to meet their goals. You'll partner with partners, team members to keep work moving and ensure key communications are accurate and up to date. You'll own recurring tasks end-to-end, manage competing priorities and recommend small improvements that reduce friction. You'll be successful when stakeholders feel supported, work is well documented, and systems like collaboration tools (Teams/Slack) are kept reliable and current.

What you’ll do day to day

  • Collaborate across teams to deliver outcomes and meet service expectations
  • Monitor progress against timelines and escalate risks early
  • Coordinate day-to-day activities, keeping priorities clear and stakeholders informed
  • Contribute to process improvements that reduce friction and increase consistency
  • Maintain records and follow processes to meet compliance and quality requirements

Skills and tools to learn

Core skills: attention to detail, organisation, teamwork, communication, problem solving

Software/Platforms: Microsoft 365, collaboration tools (Teams/Slack)

Methods/Knowledge: basic reporting, process improvement, stakeholder updates

What you can earn

Annual Avg.
$75,000–$101,500
Weekly Avg.
$1,700
Hourly Avg. (Per Hour)
$45

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