Assessment and Planning Officer

**Enterprise Agreement / Classification**
- Allied Health Professionals (Victorian Public Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2020-2021 - COMM DEV WKR CL2AYR1 - XV10
- Allied Health Professionals (Victorian Public Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2020-2021 - COMMDEVWKR CL2AYR11 - ON14

**Hours per Fortnight**

**Position Summary**

**Work in an environment that offers**:

- A supportive environment for career progression and development
- An opportunity to work with a leading regional health service
- An opportunity to support the growth in demand for services

**The Position***

**Position Title**: Carer Support Services - Assessment and Planning Officer
- **Classification**: XV16 - ON14
- **Salary per hour (exc. super)**: $37.12 - $43.12
- **Hours per fortnight**: 76
- **Employment Status**: Full Time - Fixed Term
- **Other requirements**: COVID-19 Vaccination

**Role Description**
- 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 and support their caring role. They also facilitate carer’s access to respite and other support services including the purchase of services when appropriate. Assessment and Planning Officers further 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 Melton, 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.
- The position is based at a Bendigo Health site in either Bendigo or Castlemaine.

**Bendigo Health**
- Our 700 bed state of the art hospital was built in 2017. We are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture. We have all of the latest technologies allowing our 5000 staff to deliver
- _Excellent Care to Every Person, Every Time._ Remuneration is in accordance with Victorian Public Health Enterprise Agreements and generous salary packaging arrangements are offered to all staff. Bendigo Health offer:

- Flexible Working Arrangements
- Salary Packaging
- Financial relocation support available for eligible applicants
- Reimbursements for the cost of obtaining any required pre-employment checks (Police Check, WWCC and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check)
- Staff health and wellbeing programs
- Access to recommended immunisations
- Smoke free environment
- If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.

**The Team**
- 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 fastest growing regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region’s population of over 300,000 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.

**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.

**Selection Criteria**
- Essential : Tertiary qualifications in either Disability, Social Work, Public Health, Welfare, Community Services Development or equivalent, or significant work history with a transferable role
- Essential : Understanding of and experience in holistic needs assessments, person centred goal planning, referrals and service coordination
- Essential : Knowledge of the community care sector, including challenges faced by carers of people with a disability, chronic illness, mental health condition and the aged
- Essential : Proficiency in the use of information and communication technologies
- Essential : Excellent communication, negotiation, problem solving and interpersonal skills
- Essential : Ability to work unsupervised and to prioritise tasks to meet deadlines and schedules as re