Team Leader Home Care Packages

**Bodewell Community Care**

**Team Leader-Home Care Packages Victoria**

Full time

Mon-Fri 9.00am-5.00pm

Malvern East location

**About the Role**

The Team Leader-Home Care Packages will lead and support our HCP team in effectively providing person-centred, clinically appropriate care management to eligible clients who are approved to receive a government funded HCP, or who may be in the process of being assessed for one. The role supervises our Care Co-ordination team which includes clinical care consultants who support the team and clients with assessment, monitoring and management of clinical aspects of care. The role works closely with the leadership team and is a member of the clinical and organisational governance committees

**What we can offer**:

- Permanent full-time position
- Malvern East office
- Flexible work arrangements
- Established Home Care Company
- Access to well-being programs for you and your family
- Education and development opportunities
- Laptop
- Mobile

**About You**
- Tertiary qualifications in Nursing, Allied Health or similar
- Proven experience in case management and care coordination for older people, their carers for the purpose of supporting older Australians to remain living safety and independently within their own homes.
- Experience and knowledge of the Aged Care Sector
- Have a sound knowledge of the legislative changes that are impacting the sector and ACQSC Standards
- Excellent communication, liaising, negotiation, relationship building and problem-solving skills
- Experience in managing and motivating teams
- Ability to prioritise and manage conflicting priorities
- Excellent time management skills
- Ability to work autonomously with strong communication and reporting skills
- Demonstrated ability to drive quality improvements and compliance as well as business growth

**Responsibilities include (but not limited to)**
- Lead, support and manage the care consultant team to ensure optimal consumer outcomes and use of Home Care Package funds
- Maintain a culture of continuous improvement implementation, provision, management and evaluation of programs, services and supports
- Work with the quality team to ensure compliance with Aged Care Quality Standards and embed new policies and processes within the team
- Lead, manage and mentor direct reports to ensure a highly functioning and effective team that work in a collaborative manner in accordance with BWCC’s values framework and policies
- Contribute to ensuring organisational KPI’s are achieved in the following domains, Client Care, People Management, Leadership and planning, Financial Accountability and sustainability, employee engagement and wellbeing and WH&S
- Work closely with the Team Leader Services to ensure optimal service provision and rostering to meet consumer needs and operational outcomes
- Ensure effective documentation of care, support service and compliance requirements.
- Experience and knowledge of the Aged Care Sector
- Have a sound knowledge of the legislative changes that are impacting the sector and ACQSC Standards
- Excellent communication, liaising, negotiation, relationship building and problem-solving skills
- Experience in managing and motivating teams
- Ability to prioritise and manage conflicting priorities
- Excellent time management skills
- Ability to work autonomously with strong communication and reporting skills
- Demonstrated ability to drive quality improvements and compliance as well as business growth

**Additional Requirements**
- Recent police check 2.5 years
- Certificate of COVID-19 Vaccinations
- Working with children’s check-employee
- A current NDIS Check or willing to undertake
- Current Driver’s license
- Own Vehicle

**The Company**

BodeWell Community Care is the newly branded home care division of Arcare, a proudly owned family business of over 40 years. BWCC has a relationship focused approach that ensures that the relationships between clients, employees, volunteers, and family members are valued.

**If you are interested in the role and would like more information, please contact Leigh Cashen on 0455 071 518**
- _All successful applicants will be required to be fully vaccinated against Covid as an inherent requirement of the role._
- _All applicants are required to undergo a National Police Check and provide evidence of right to work in Australia_