What's on offer as a Care Manager - Aged Care at home

• North West Metro VIC
• $67k-$88k + super + (NFP tax savings up to $15,900 p.a.) + Equipment provided
• Full-time, Permanent
• 38 hrs/week or 40hrs/week with monthly ADO
• Flexible working arrangements - WFH
• Fully maintained company vehicle
• Salary Sacrificing Options (Not-For-Profit)
• Caroline Springs, Glenroy, Craigieburn, Sunshine & Werribee areas

Care Connect Life made easier

As an industry leading and dynamic care provider, Care Connect has delivered safe, effective, personal and connected care to consumers since 1994. Our purpose is to enable people to live independently and safely at home and stay connected with their local communities - visit www.careconnect.org.au.

We're offering a full-time, permanent role for an experienced, enthusiastic community care professional to provide independent, ongoing advice and guidance to our clients who live across North West Melbourne area.

About the role

As an experienced Care Manager, you work collaboratively with Home Care clients, their carers and representatives, developing flexible, personalised and culturally appropriate care plans. In this remote working team, you:

• Review intake information, engage new clients, establish home care agreements, care plans, budgets and connect our clients with local services and community resources
• Conduct client visits practicing person centred care planning, provide independent advice to clients and their families - enabling personal preferences and independence at home
• Interact with Care Connect team members, stakeholders, partnered service providers representing the best interests of clients and Care Connect
• Conduct annual reviews for all clients - revise care plans, goals, service provisions to quality standards and budget expenditure and maximisation
• Ensure service provisions are conducted ethically, fairly and within the statutory legal and contractual requirements at all times
• Attend our office at Abbotsford, VIC for training and team meetings on occasion

About You

To be successful in the role you have:

• Minimum 4 years' experience with person centred care planning processes, including assessment and establishing client goals
• Excellent interpersonal communication, networking and negotiation skills
• An ability to take the initiative, prioritise, delegate and organise activities
• Knowledge of Home Care Packages and Aged Care standards, community resources and service networks for older Australians and their carers
• Experience managing client budgets, being responsive and accountable for time sensitive priorities
• Confidence in working with KPIs & achieving targets within service level agreements
• Intermediate skills in the Microsoft Office suite and exposure and/or ability to acquire skills for in-house client database systems

Minimum Qualifications:

• Tertiary qualifications in allied health, social science, health/welfare discipline, or a related field - transcripts to be provided
• In the absence of completed tertiary qualifications, experience in delivering person-centred care practices in non-complex and/or complex case management and/or demonstrated experience with complex service oriented offerings in Home Care or Aged Care services

Additional requirements:

• All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check conducted by Care Connect and a valid VIC Working with Children Check.
• A statutory declaration confirming residency in a country other than Australia. (An international police check/s may be required for non-residents.)
• Completion of online psychometric assessments and reference checks
• Immunisation record in line with VIC Health vaccination policy, or willingness to obtain including Covid-19
• Current Australian Driver's Licence

How to Apply

Care Connect is an inclusive, Equal Opportunity employer. We encourage applications from all members of the community including: first nations people, people with culturally & linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTQI+, mature aged and people living with disability.

If this role sounds like you, apply by clicking the "Apply Now" button now! Come and join the team!

* Please note interviews will be scheduled as suitable applications are received.