Care Manager. Permanent Full Time

7 days ago

Hunter Valley, Australia Life Without Barriers Full time

**Job no**: 505090
**Employment type**: Full Time
**Location**: Newcastle, Maitland & Hunter
**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 existing and new in-home Aged Care services across New South Wales.

**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

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

**Benefits**
- Thorough three-day induction program
- Career pathways across a national organisation
- Attractive remuneration package with a monthly rostered day off (Think 12 extra long weekends a year)
- Up to $15,900 of your annual salary tax-free through Salary Packaging, increasing your take-home pay
- Access to Fitness Passport benefits (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a choice of gyms and pools across your area)

**How to Apply**

**Applications close at midnight on Sunday 1**st** of June, 2025**

**Advertised**: 19 May 2025 AUS Eastern Standard Time
**Applications close**: 01 Jun 2025 23:55 AUS Eastern Standard Time

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