Care Manager Aged Care Vic

Posted: 28/07/2025

Closing Date: 24/08/2025

Salary: $100,000.00 - $101,000.00

Job Type: 3. Maximum Term - Full Time

Location: Abbotsford

Job Category: Care Operations

Care Connect are seeking an experienced & driven Care Manager to join our Home Care Packages team.

**About us**

**Care Connect**_Life, made easier_

An industry-leading and dynamic Care provider, Care Connect is proudly a not-for-profit, approved Home Care Package provider that understands how important it is to remain independent at home. Our collaborative, authentic and talented team enhance people’s quality of life each and every day. You can be part of it

**About the role**

As an experienced Care Manager, you will work collaboratively with Home Care clients, their carers and representatives, developing flexible, personalised and culturally appropriate care plans.

In this role, you:

- Review intake information, engage new clients, establish home care agreements, care plans, budgets and connect our clients with local services and community resources
- Conduct client visits practicing person centred care planning, provide independent advice to clients and their families - enabling personal preferences and independence at home
- Interact with Care Connect team members, stakeholders, partnered service providers representing the best interests of clients and Care Connect
- Conduct annual reviews for all clients - revise care plans, goals, service provisions to quality standards and budget expenditure and maximisation
- Ensure service provisions are conducted ethically, fairly and within the statutory legal and contractual requirements at all times

**About You**

You are perfect for this role if you love engaging with people, value relationships in your work and are confident in delivering person-centred-care plans to a diverse client base. You are committed to treating others with respect and maintaining confidentiality. Most importantly, you share our workplace values of Collaboration and Courage, Authenticity, Respect and Excellence - CARE - in everything you do.

**To be successful in this role, you will be able to demonstrate the following**:

- Minimum 4 years' experience with _person centred care_ planning processes, including assessment and establishing client goals
- Excellent interpersonal communication, networking and negotiation skills
- An ability to take the initiative, prioritise, delegate and organise activities
- Knowledge of _Home Care Packages and Aged Care_ standards, community resources and service networks for older Australians and their carers
- Experience managing client budgets, being responsive and accountable for time sensitive priorities
- Confidence in working with KPIs & achieving targets within service level agreements
- Intermediate skills in the Microsoft Office suite and exposure and/or ability to acquire skills for in-house client database systems

**Minimum Qualifications**:

- Tertiary qualifications in allied health, social science, health/welfare discipline, or a related field - transcripts to be provided
- In the absence of completed tertiary qualifications, experience in delivering _person-centred care_ practices in non-complex and/or complex case management and/or demonstrated experience with complex service oriented offerings in Home Care or Aged Care services

**What’s in it for you?....**

Care Connect is committed to your learning & progression with ongoing training & development to support you in your role and career. We also look after your health & wellbeing with an Employee Assistance Program, discounted health insurance & wellbeing products.

**How to Apply