• Full time contract position (until June 2025) based in Penrith
• $104,000 inclusive of Super + Salary packaging
• Flexible friendly organisation + optional monthly accrued day off!

Our Organisation

The Benevolent Society’s vision is to build a just society where all Australians can live their best life. For more than 200 years we have supported people at the margins of society: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians; children, young people, and their families; older people; carers and people with disability. We are an independent, non-religious service provider which supports people to live life their way.  

As part of The Benevolent Society's vision, we are strongly committed to reconciliation with our First Nations people of Australia. We remain steadfast in our commitment to promoting the economic, political, and social inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 

About the role

We support and encourage our cherished elders to live their best life at home, safely for as long as is safe!

This is where we need you! As our Wellbeing Connector, you will enhance the lives of our Ageing clients, seamlessly coordinating and connecting them to crucial services and essential supports.

You will forge strong connections with vital services and will ensure all clients are appropriately assessed and linked with these support networks.

Each individual will be prioritised, supported and celebrated in their journey towards wellbeing and fulfilment!

Duties

• Work with each client to undertake comprehensive assessments to develop, implement, monitor, and review their plan using a relationship-centred approach.
• Assist older individuals in building social support networks, especially those vulnerable to isolation.
• Engage with potential clients and local intermediaries to support community engagement.
• Facilitate access to social activities and essential support, tailored to individual interests and needs.

Our Benefits  

We support people to live their best life. That includes you, our employee. A ‘best life’ is unique to everyone and can change as life changes: 

• Salary Benefits -You can package up to $15,900 pa of your pre-tax salary to pay for everyday expenses before income tax is calculated, meaning you take home even more pay!   
• Motor Vehicle Packaging Options – to suit your lifestyle.     
• Work/Life Balance - Enjoy flexible work arrangements, including hybrid home/office options, and accrue an additional day off each month (a bonus of 12 days per year) as a full-time employee. 
• Recognition and Reward - Sector competitive remuneration, various recognition programs and access to long service leave after 5 years.      
• Wellness - Stay fit with a Fitness passport, utilise our Employee Assistance Program, and even purchase additional leave. 
• Professional Development - We tailor career development opportunities to all employees and volunteers for career enrichment, fulfilment, and growth.  
• Our Reconciliation Commitment - First Nations employees are entitled of up to 10 days of leave for ceremonial purposes, as well as the option to be a voice on RAP working group, and the opportunity for cultural and professional development that supports career pathways.

Skills and Experience

• Relevant qualifications (e.g. social work, human services, aged care, community services or health) would be highly regarded, and/or relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading a small team to maximise outcomes for clients.
• Previous operational experience in Ageing setting including leadership experience.
• Excellent understanding of the service’s operating environment.
• Demonstrated understanding of vulnerability and risk indicators relating to the client group of the service.
• Demonstrated experience working with, and/or knowledge of regulatory and compliance frameworks relating to the service.
• Demonstrated understanding of (and experience working with) contemporary theoretical and practice frameworks in area of service delivery.
• Experience in identifying opportunities for and implementing quality improvements within programs or services may help you to succeed (but aren’t essential).
• Sound understanding of the principles of integrated service delivery and an ability to undertake a leadership role within an integrated service model may help you to succeed (but aren’t essential).

Start your next adventure today!

Please submit your current CV along with a 1-page cover letter outlining your suitability and interest in the role.

Have a question? Contact Sally Panagopoulos on 0401 675 631 for a confidential discussion.

The Benevolent Society respects and promotes human rights and diversity and is committed to building an inclusive culture. We welcome diversity in all its forms; applications from underrepresented communities are strongly encouraged. We value relationships with our local Aboriginal community and welcome applications from its members. We see ability not disability, if you identify as a person with a different ability, please get in contact to let us know how we can accommodate your needs. We pride ourselves on being a client and child safe organisation and as such all our staff and volunteers go through security screening relevant to the role.

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