Carer Consultant

1 month ago


Daw Park, Australia SA Government -SA HEALTH Full time

**SA Health**
**Job reference**: 886535
**Location**: 5041 - DAW PARK
**Job status**: Short Term Contract
**Eligibility**: Open to Everyone
- Southern Adelaide Local Health Network - Flinders Medical Centre - Older Persons Mental Health
- Salary $67,589.00 - $72,033.00 (Pro Rata) OPS3 | 30 hours p/w - Contract available until June 2025

**Embrace Purpose: Carer Consultant - Older Persons Mental Health**

As a Carer Consultant at the Repat Neuro-Behavioural Unit (RNBU), you'll be part of a service that provides high-quality, compassionate care to individuals living with dementia and severe behavioural and psychological symptoms, ensuring their specialized needs are met. Your role will involve placing the person at the centre of individualized care, strongly engaging with carers and loved ones throughout the consumer's journey, while ensuring care is respectful and responsive to preferences, needs, and values. You'll be part of a team that values relationship-centred care, with intensive onboarding and ongoing professional development to support alignment with this culture.

**About the role**:
Reporting to the Allied Health Manager - RNBU, some of your duties as the Carer Consultant may involve:

- Representing the point of view of family/carers at team planning and service planning activities and actively contributing by promoting needs of family/carers.
- Contribute to a multidisciplinary assessment of strengths, support needs and goals of the person with a mental illness, with family members.
- Recognise a relationship centred approach where individuals are understood within a matrix of relationships through which they experience their lives.
- Contribute to care planning, wellbeing reviews and coordination of a person’s treatment and support, maintaining connected relationships with the family/carer.
- Provide family/carers with written information and resources of relevance including the illness and supports.

**Please see below links for some more information about our Neuro-Behavioural Unit**:

- Neurobehavioural Unit (NBU) Home Away from Home Design - SALHN - YouTube
- Specialised Patient Care at the Neurobehavioral Unit (NBU) - SALHN - YouTube
- Neuobehavioural Unit (NBU) Nurse Unit Manager - YouTube

**About you**:

- Experience in community development and advocacy within a human services context.
- Lived experience as a carer of someone with dementia or a consumer of mental health services or programs.
- Demonstrated commitment to, empathy for, and appreciation of, the experience of caring for a person living with a dementia or a mental health diagnosis
- Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain working relationships with a wide range of people from differing cultural/language/sexuality/health backgrounds.
- Ability to work autonomously and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.

Other lucrative benefits include:

- Access to supervision, including a Lived Experience supervisor, during work hours.
- Access to Salary Sacrifice, with the ability to pay for things such as rent or your mortgage before tax, increasing your take home pay
- An incremental wage increase in line with the Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (2021)
- Access to professional development opportunities during work hours
- Working collaboratively across a multi-disciplinary team
- Leave Entitlements including paid Sick Leave, Carers Leave, Recreational Leave, and others.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

**Application Closing Date**:11.55 pm Wednesday December 11th 2024



  • Daw Park, Australia HammondCare Full time

    About the role A rewarding opportunity for a passionate Dementia professional to join the Dementia Support Australia Team at HammondCare on a Fixed Term Full-Time Contract until June 2026 at our Daw Park site. This role will ensure the delivery of Dementia Support Australia with assessments, case management, supporting, mentoring and modelling to...


  • Daw Park, South Australia HammondCare Full time

    About the OpportunityA remarkable chance for dedicated professionals to contribute their skills and experience in dementia support at HammondCare, a reputable organization specializing in aging care.The Dementia Support Coach will provide on-site guidance, implement relationship-based support strategies, model, and coach clients, carers, and care...


  • Daw Park, Australia HammondCare Full time

    About the role A rewarding opportunity for passionate Dementia professionals to join the Dementia Support Australia (DSA) team at HammondCare on a  Fixed Term Full-time contract until June 2026  based out of our Daw Park Site Dementia Support Coach will facilitate on the ground support, implementation of relationship-based support strategies,...


  • Daw Park, Australia HammondCare Full time

    **The Opportunity** A rewarding opportunity to be involved in a Dementia Centre (DC) initiative to support people living with dementia who are transitioning from hospital settings back to their homes or into residential care. This role offers the chance for professional growth and exposure to a new project, making it a perfect fit for those looking to...


  • Elizabeth Park, Australia Centacare Full time

    **Supporting young carers aged between 5-25 years to improve their wellbeing, increase education and employment participation, and strengthen connections with communities, support networks and services.** **The Role** The Young Carer Support Services (YCSS) program is a newly funded initiative from the Department of Human Services to assist with providing...


  • Daw Park, Australia HammondCare Full time

    **HammondCare Daw Park is currently looking for a Permanent Full-time Manager to support our complex behaviour cottages supporting people living with dementia to join our team.** With our unique model of care which places the residents needs as your number one priority, you will help create a home away from home for our residents. This role requires you to...


  • Daw Park, Australia HammondCare Full time

    **HammondCare Daw Park is currently looking for a Permanent Full-time Manager to support our complex behaviour cottages supporting people living with dementia to join our team.** With our unique model of care which places the residents needs as your number one priority, you will help create a home away from home for our residents. This role requires you to...

  • Wellbeing Carer

    2 months ago


    Queens Park, Australia Bupa Full time

    **The Opportunity** Are you looking to take your experience as a Carer in a new direction? As a Care Therapist, you will gain training under the guidance of allied health professionals to support implementation of the residents plan of care by hosting group and individual therapy sessions, supporting telehealth assessments and undertaking other general...


  • Daw Park, South Australia Hammond Care Full time

    About the roleA unique opportunity has arisen to join HammondCare's Dementia Support Australia team as a dementia expert consultant. The successful candidate will work in a rewarding environment, providing expert consulting and advisory services to reduce the impact of behaviors on people living with dementia.This fixed-term full-time contract until June...


  • Daw Park, Australia SA Government -SA HEALTH Full time

    **SA Health** **Job reference**: 878680 **Location**: 5041 - DAW PARK **Job status**: Ongoing **Eligibility**: Open to Everyone - Southern Adelaide Local Health Network - Flinders Medical Centre - Mental Health Services - Salary $114,314.00- $124,449.00 AHP4 (Pro Rata) | Part Time 18.75 hours per week - ongoing **We are seeking a dedicated and skilled...


  • Daw Park, Australia Hammond Care Full time

    HammondCare Daw Park is currently looking for a Perm Part Time Registered Nurse to join our team. With our unique model of care which places the residents needs as your number one priority, you will help create a home away from home for our residents. The care you will provide will be person-centred, and relationship focused, with the understanding that no...

  • Registered Nurse

    4 months ago


    Daw Park, Australia HammondCare Full time

    Competitive hourly rate and conditions Permanent part time and Casual NIGHT shift position available - experience is essential Brand new site in Daw Park HammondCare Daw Park is currently looking for Permanent Part time and casual Registered Nurses to join our NIGHT team. With our unique model of care which places the residents needs as your number...


  • Osborne Park, Australia WorkFocus Australia Full time

    **Job Description**: Are you a recent graduate or an allied health professional looking to enter the rehab/return to work industry? We are looking for a Rehabilitation Consultant to join our team in Perth on a full-time basis! If you are passionate about delivering excellent customer care and making a difference in people’s lives, this is the place for...


  • Osborne Park, Australia WorkFocus Australia Full time

    **Company Description** Join Australia’s most awarded work and wellness provider and set your career path to success! We’re currently looking for a talented Occupational Therapist, Exercise Physiologist or Physiotherapist to join our multidisciplinary team of allied health professionals as a Rehabilitation Consultant. If you’re passionate about...


  • Osborne Park, Australia WorkFocus Australia Full time

    **Company Description** Join Australia’s most awarded work and wellness provider and set your career path to success! We’re currently looking for a talented Rehabilitation Consultant to join our multidisciplinary team of allied health professionals. If you’re passionate about making a real difference in people’s lives and providing excellent...


  • Wetherill Park, Australia Dulux Full time

    At Dulux, we're committed to creating a better home for our customers and communities. As a Retail Sales Consultant, you'll play a key role in helping us achieve this goal.About the RoleThis is a part-time position based in our Fosroc Construction Centre in Wetherill Park, NSW. You'll work 20 hours per week, assisting a mix of trade and DIY customers across...


  • Parramatta Park, Queensland, Australia IPAR Full time

    Unlock Your Potential as an Occupational Rehabilitation ConsultantIn this diverse and challenging role, you will have the opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment with a strong team of driven healthcare professionals. As an Exercise Physiologist, you will be responsible for providing occupational rehabilitation services to clients with a range of...


  • Bedford Park, South Australia SA Health Full time

    About the RoleWe are seeking a highly skilled and empathetic Carer Consultant to join our team at Flinders Medical Centre in Southern Adelaide. As a Carer Consultant, you will play a crucial role in providing high-quality care to individuals living with dementia and severe behavioural and psychological symptoms.Key Responsibilities:Represent the point of...


  • Osborne Park, Australia WorkFocus Australia Full time

    **Company Description** Join Australia’s most awarded work and wellness provider and set your career path to success! Within WorkFocus, we offer a unique opportunity to be a part of a brand new Chiropractic Clinic operating as Be Active Health Solutions, where we offer our staff to work both within workplace rehab and undertake clinical treatment. This is...


  • Mill Park, Australia Bodewell Community Care Full time

    **BodeWell Community Care | Care Consultant (Care Manager)** **Home Care Packages - Melbourne** - **Located at Mill Park**: - **Full time - 9.00am -5.00 pm Monday - Friday**: - **Partial remote working** **_Would you like to be part of something unique? _** BodeWell Community Care is an approved provider with the Department of Health and Aged Care and...