In-home Care Social Worker

We are proud to be working with our newest client who are a community-based non-profit home and aged care services provider for the recruitment of a NDIS **In-Home Care Social Worker**.

ARMIA House is a boutique organisation with its head-office located in Sunnybank that consists of highly qualified, experienced and truly multicultural staff and volunteers who are passionate about providing time, support, encouragement and expertise to Australians of any cultural background. ARMIA House' mission is to also give relevant knowledge and skills to those who need it most to enable them to integrate sustainably into the Australian society and their local community.

**The Role**:
As an In-Home Care Social Worker, you will be responsible for providing timely and professional services to participants eligible for their NDIS package, noting this is not a case management role.

Specifically, your role will entail the following:

- Assisting participant/s to understand their NDIS plan to meet their goals.
- Conduct home visits to participants and/or to various service providers as required (company car available for use).
- Helping participant/s use their plan to achieve their goals, live more independently, increase their skills, and be included in their community and employment.
- Connecting participant/s to the right allied health supports for instance: OTs and Physiologists, Psychologists, Nurses and Dietitians.
- Supporting participant/s to manage NDIS resources effectively to get the best outcome from their plan.
- Linking participant/s to community, mainstream, and other government services as required.
- Teaching participant/s to access the NDIS portal so they can monitor how their funds are being spent.
- Monitoring participant/s’ progress and outcomes of achieving their goals.
- Assisting participant/s to take over some case coordinator function/s over time, and to teach them how to request for items they need.
- Assisting participant/s to prepare for their next NDIS review meetings if needed.
- Helping build participant/s’ ability to exercise choice and control, coordinate supports and access their local community.
- Coordinate the services and timely writing of ad-hoc reports to NDIS, with consultation with the NDIS Coordinator. It is crucial to constantly look at the budget allocated to participant/s for support coordination and use it adequately.
- Completing change of circumstance form, request for plan review/s depending on participant/s’ needs and request/s.
- Completing risk assessments as required from the ARMIA NDIS Policy and Procedure Manual as well as the ARMIA NDIS Code of Conduct. If there are incidents, to submit ad hoc reports as per Latter documents and/or as required by NDIS.
- Contributing to continuously building a stakeholder network specifically aiming to promote ARMIA NDIS and mobilise more NDIS participants.
- Taking part in internal and/or external meetings as required.
- Collating all relevant available training, workshop opportunities and share with the NDIS Coordinator for all your necessary upskilling.

It is paramount to ensure all participants allocated to this role are always receiving outstanding services as per the service agreement and/or as directed by the Foundation Director through the NDIS Coordinator.
You will have met the following criteria to be successful:

- Must have related Tertiary qualification.
- Proven experience as a Social Worker and/or NDIS Support Coordinator.
- Industry recognised qualification or similar workplace experience.
- Ability in dividing responsibilities and monitoring processes.
- Willingness to take initiative and make decisions.
- Ability to resolve conflicts calmly.
- High levels of ability in regard to leadership.
- Self-directed, highly motivated, reliable.
- Pro-active approach, capable of working on own initiative.
- Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
- Time management and ability to meet deadlines.
- Be available and follow through in supporting your portfolio.
- Have a collaborative and systematic approach to daily responsibilities.

**The benefits**:

- A boutique organisation that highly values it’s people and a brand that you will be proud to work for.
- Work out of your own office in Sunnybank.
- $70k-$80k + super + phone/laptop + company car to use for visits.
- Long-term job security and opportunity to build a long-term career with a growing business.
- A supportive environment where management and the team feel more like family than just a workplace.

If you are interested in this role and feel you can be an asset to our client, we encourage you to **“APPLY NOW”.**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: $70,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company car

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Sunnybank, QLD 4109: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (required)