About Anglicare NT

Anglicare NT is a respected provider of quality human services across urban, regional, and remote areas. Anglicare NT offers a range of career opportunities in the community and social services sector in a diverse range of fields such as children and youth, family relationships and counselling, refugee and migrant, corporate services, financial counselling, mental health, disability and home care, social enterprises, and specialist homelessness services

We offer great benefits, including:

• Further training and development options.
• Flexible working conditions; five (5) weeks annual leave.
• A strengths-based environment.

We also offer great salary packaging options that can significantly increase your take-home pay.

About the Program

Our home support services help older people remain independent in their homes and communities longer. The service supports people aged 65 years and over and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 50 years and over who are experiencing difficulty with everyday tasks.

About the Opportunity

As the Aged Care Coordinator, you will play a pivotal role in enhancing the quality of life for our consumers. Your responsibilities will include developing and reviewing personalised Care Plans, ensuring compliance with Aged Care standards, providing effective supervision and support to staff, and maintaining up-to-date administration and financial records.

Your work will involve Home Care Packages (HCP), the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP), and the Transition to Care Program (TCP) fee for service work and or any new programs that emerge from the national Aged Care reform process.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Approved qualification in Human Services/ Health / Community / Disability or equivalent and extensive experience working within a similar role
• Experience in planning, co-ordination and delivery of services to older people who live at home including care assessments and the development and review of care plans
• Working knowledge and understanding of Aged Care related reforms, legislation, compliance requirements, quality standards, the role of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission and the My Aged Care (MAC) portal
• Demonstrated effective staff supervision, mentoring and support skills
• Ability to work respectfully and collaboratively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people, their families, communities, staff, and Aboriginal controlled organisations.

Note: The filling of this position is intended to constitute a special/equal opportunity measure under section 8(1) of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), section 57 of the Anti-discrimination Act 1996 (NT) and section 12 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010.

Special Measures vacancies are open to everyone including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. However, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy.

As part of the recruitment process, please address the key selection criteria using the online application on the Anglicare NT website.

For further information on this exciting opportunity, please contact the Director Aged & Disability on (08) 8985 0000 or visit our careers page www.anglicare-nt.org.au/careers

Please note: It is a requirement that prior to commencing in this role, you must provide 100 points of identification to confirm Australian citizenship or eligibility to work in Australia; possess a Working with Children (Ochre Card), a current National Criminal History Check (within 3 months) and a valid NT driver’s licence.

Experience of working closely with and having a strong understanding of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander culture would be considered an advantage.

Anglicare NT is a Child Safe, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

COVID-19 Vaccination Status

Anglicare NT is committed to providing a safe working environment and taking all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that its people and the community are protected against vaccine-preventable diseases. The Australian Immunisation Handbook lists the immunisations recommended for healthcare professionals. Aged Care Support workers are strongly recommended to follow COVID vaccination recommendations provided in Australian Immunisation handbook (based on ATAGI advice).

Anglicare NT staff who do NOT work directly with vulnerable people will not be required to provide evidence of COVID 19 vaccination.