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Are you thinking of getting a job as an aged care worker? Maybe you are still considering your options. We will like to help you make up your mind by letting you know what a typical day of an age care worker looks like.

An aged care worker job is a very rewarding job, you will have a tremendous opportunity to help those who hitherto could not help themselves, you will be making a great difference in the life of the person you are caring for and you will have an opportunity to be the reason someone else is happy.

Now, what does a day in the life of an aged care worker looks like? A job as an aged care workers means that you will be working in a professional environment where your job entails providing care and support to people with a physical or/and intellectual challenges in an individual residence or in a group home. You will be charged with lots of responsibilities which include providing support to meet their daily personal needs, providing behaviour support, coming up with programs to support clients to develop skill and abilities, supporting them emotionally and encouraging them to develop personal and social relationships.

You will also be required to help clients to participate in their community. Not only will you encourage them to participate, it is also your duty to help them get ready for it both physically and mentally. You are responsible of making sure that they dress properly, eat properly and take their medications according to the doctor's prescription. When necessary, you may also be required to help clients with transportations.

An ideal aged care worker needs some qualities to be able to carry out their work effectively, you need to be:

Compassionate
Respectful
Responsible
Caring
Patient
Tolerating
Down to earth and
Practical

You should be able to functions as a part of a professional team and also be able to work independently with no or minimum supervision.

You may choose to work full-time or part-time. If you are working full-time, depending on your arrangement with your employer, you may be required to live in the same house with your clients. Living in the same house means that you will be at the beck-and-call of the client 24 hours a day, of course, this extra task is considered in your payment package.

Working part-time requires that you show up for work as at the time agreed with your employer. Once it is your shift, you are responsible for taking complete care of the client.

Workers are handsomely rewarded, of course with high demands which are expected to increase with the roll-out of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (ndis information). There is expected to be a growing demand for aged care workers over the next 5 years. This means that if you are to get a job now as an aged care worker, you are going to gain lots of experience before the sector becomes saturated.

A career as an aged care worker is a noble one. A day in life of age care worker is just like every other day in the other job except that you go home fulfilled with inner peace of having helped someone else other than yourself.