About the role

Mercy Community are on the search for a Pastoral Carer on a Permanent Part Time basis (4 days per week). Your role will be based at our Nudgee Residential Aged Care Facility. Come join our team and support our residents and their families.

This role provides pastoral care and ensuring that Gospel values, Catholic social teaching, the charism of Mercy, and the Mission and Values of the Mercy community are integrated into all practices within the aged care facility. It ensures that daily operations foster a person-centred approach and a faith-filled environment, addressing the spiritual and sacramental needs of clients and residents. 

Your role involves but not limited to – 

• Provide a holistic and supportive approach to Mercy Community pastoral care services
• Support new residents to aged and community care services, including a spiritual-needs assessment, care plan and progress notes for residents
• Contribute to case conferences, palliative and end of life care, and advance care planning including support and guidance to residents and families.
• Coordinating processional farewells for residents.

About you

• Relevant qualifications in Pastoral Care, Theology and/or Spirituality and/or counselling
• Demonstrated commitment to, knowledge and understanding of the principles of Catholic teaching, tradition and ecumenism
• Previous experience in a similar role, either in aged care or similar environments (desirable)

Why Mercy Community

Mercy Community is a Catholic not-for-profit that provides a wide range of services supporting families, young people and the elderly. All our work is driven by our core values of Compassion, Integrity, Dignity & Empowerment.

Being part of the Mercy Community team, means you have access to some fantastic benefits, such as:

• Increase your take home pay through the use of generous salary packaging – up to $18,550 per annum of your salary is available as a tax-free component
• Pay for your Queensland Blue Card and NDIS Worker Screening Card when you need – saving you up to $144 if you need both cards!
• Provide you and your immediate family free, professional and confidential counselling services including specialised First Nations counsellors
• Free annual influenza and/or other vaccination reimbursements
• Benyfits – is an employee benefits program designed to help you save money on living costs

We also ensure all our employees have access to a wide variety of excellent learning and development tools to continue your professional and personal development. This includes making sure you have access to a range of other career pathways and opportunities across Mercy.

Please note we will review applications as they are received and we may interview and appoint prior to closing date, do not delay in applying.

For any queries, please contact [email protected]. We do not accept applications via email so please ensure you apply online.

Mercy Community is a Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to respond to every applicant.