Care Advocate for Older Adults

3 weeks ago


Bedford Park, South Australia SA Health Full time
About the Role

We 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 view of family/carers at team planning and service planning activities
  • 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
Requirements:
  • 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
What We Offer:
  • Salary: $67,589.00 - $72,033.00 (Pro Rata)
  • Access to supervision, including a Lived Experience supervisor, during work hours
  • Incremental wage increase in line with the Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (2021)
  • Access to professional development opportunities during work hours
  • Leave entitlements including paid Sick Leave, Carers Leave, Recreational Leave, and others


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