Assessment & Planning Officer

**Work in an environment that offers**:

- An opportunity to work with a leading regional health service
- An ability to live and work in a vibrant regional setting

**The Position**

**Job Reference**: 1936

**Position Title**: Assessment and Planning Officer
**Classification**: XV16 - ON14
**Salary per hour (exc. super)**: $39.38 - $45.75
**Hours per fortnight**: 76
**Employment Status**: Ongoing, full time and part time available

**Closing date**:02/03/2025

Assessment and Planning Officers are responsible for undertaking assessments and developing goal directed care plans for carers with a view to achieving outcomes that will improve their quality of life, wellbeing and support their caring role. This could include facilitating carer’s access to respite, assisting carers to navigate other service systems, provide information and emotional support or identifying appropriate brokered services.

Assessment and Planning Officers may also provide facilitated coaching to individual carers.

This positon will work within the Carer Gateway and the Support for Carers funded programs to deliver services across the Loddon Mallee, and is predominantly delivered via phone contact.

The role may also include community development and service enhancement activities, and may require occasional regional travel for direct client contact, network meetings and team meetings.

**Working with Bendigo Health**

Bendigo Health are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture.

Created by our community in the 1850s, we have a long, proud history of delivering excellent care to our community.

Our organisation is diverse, welcoming and committed to delivering our vision of Excellent Care. Every Person, Every Time.

Bendigo Health has around 5000 staff and a catchment area covering a quarter of the size of Victoria. The three main campuses of Bendigo Health are in Bendigo, with many services extended to regional settings including areas such as Mildura, Echuca, Swan Hill, Kyneton and Castlemaine.
- We offer a fantastic range of benefits for our staff, including: Staff health and wellbeing programs
- Career development and education opportunities
- Generous salary packaging opportunities, to increase your take-home pay each fortnight
- Flexible Working Arrangements
- Use of staff gym and pool and access to other fitness facilities through fitness passport program

If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.

**Your new division**

The Community and Public Health Services Division has a primary focus on improving the health outcomes of the communities in our region. With a range of local and regional programs supporting place-based health promotion, prevention, care and support, they work collaboratively with other Divisions and regional partnerships and networks to support quality outcomes. The Division has a strong leadership role in the Loddon Mallee Region and is committed to ensuring processes are in place to deliver on our Division.

**Bendigo Region**

Bendigo is one of Victoria’s largest regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region’s population of over 320,000 and so the city offers excellent schools, shopping and cultural precincts, sporting facilities and various tertiary facilities. We can offer generous flexible working arrangements - giving you more time to enjoy the fantastic restaurants, beautiful parks, walking trails and wineries within our region.

**Interested?**

We’d love to hear from you Please ensure that you attach a cover letter and an up-to-date copy of your resume.

Need more information? Please contact **Natasha Harrick** on **(03) 5454 7719** for a confidential discussion.

**Diversity and Inclusion**

Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from a diverse cultural background, people with disabilities and or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply.