Care Manager. Permanent Full Time

4 weeks ago

Canberra, Australia Life Without Barriers Full time

**Job no**: 503568

**Employment type**: Full Time

**Location**: ACT

**Categories**: Aged Care

**About the Organisation**

Enhance the lives of older Australians by joining the Life Without Barriers team. Guided by every client’s individual needs and interests, our personalised in-home Aged Care services focus on empowering every person to maintain their home comforts, health, and connections within their community.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

**About the Role**

Leading and managing a team of care coordinators you will facilitate high-quality service provision while ensuring that contract and service eligibility expectations are met across in home aged care services in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).

This is a permanent full-time position based in Canberra, with hybrid work from home arrangements along with days in our Griffith, ACT office.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Manage programs ensuring compliance with legislation, standards, contracts and internal policies.
- Lead and develop care-coordinators, fostering partnerships with Aged Care teams
- Align program services with budgets, business plans, client needs and rostering requirements
- Develop systems for effective program management and ensure quality per legislation and funding standards.
- Conduct audits, manage risks and complaints, liaise on high needs clients, and promote continuous improvement.
- Handle escalations and complaints, advise on state-wide program status, and support team development and growth.

To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with a minimum of two (2) doses or hold a valid medical exemption certificate, in accordance with Life Without Barriers Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Policy. You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process.

**Skills & Experience**
- Leadership experience within community services
- Understanding of aged care funding streams and legislation
- Experience working in dynamic, high volume environments
- Ability to facilitate change management and create positive team culture
- Current drivers licence
- Qualifications in Human services or similar
- Strong time management, multitasking, prioritising and organisational skills

**Benefits**
- Join and lead a well-established, experienced team of care-coordinators
- Opportunity to drive growth, supported by recent implementation of Alayacare technology
- Increase your take home pay with up to $15,900 of your annual salary tax free
- Discounts on private health insurance, retail, restaurants and more
- Monthly rostered days off (a long weekend or short week every month)
- Hybrid working arrangements including work from home days

**How to Apply**

**Applications close at midnight on Sunday the 9**th** of June**

**Advertised**: 27 May 2024 Cen. Australia Standard Time
**Applications close**: 09 Jun 2024 23:55 Cen. Australia Standard Time

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