Allied Health Assistant

**Location**:
Parkdale

Employment Type:
PP - Part-time Permanent

Department:
Allied Health Asssistants

**Position Title: Allied Health Assistant - Occupational Therapy**

**EFT & Employment status: 0.6 EFT Permanent Part Time position Available**

**Job Reference number: VA0066**
- Hands-on AHA role working with Occupational Therapy (OT) clients in a Community Health setting
- Be part of a supportive, welcoming team of OTs & contribute to service development
- Great work/life balance opportunity with generous salary packaging options

**Position Overview**

Working within the Occupational Therapy team, you will be supporting adult clients to achieve daily living goals in their home and local community. OT services predominantly involve home based assessment of client’s occupational function, identification of client goals, and delivery and coordination of services, such as home modifications, education, trialling and fitting of assistive technology and stakeholder liaison, to assist clients in achieving their identified goals.

This role includes a mix of client-facing and administrative work, and would suit someone who has an interest in working in Occupational Therapy and holds (or is working towards) a Certificate 3 in Allied Health Assistance.

**Key deliverables of this role include;**
- Provide high quality, person centred care to support clients through their OT journey
- Work collaboratively with the OT team and other staff within Allied Health to assist clients with achieving their goals
- Provide customer service and support to new OT clients and their carers
- Deliver delegated care including: education, equipment set-up and trials, and facilitation of home modifications
- Ensure accurate and appropriate documentation of client information, activity and data.

**About You/Skills and Experience**:

- Previous customer/client service experience and skills are essential; experience in person centred care is also desirable.
- Well-developed written and verbal communication skills, to effectively liaise with families, carers and other professionals.
- Strong organisational and time management skills, including the the ability to work autonomously and manage a busy workload.
- Strong computer literacy skills
- MS Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, Electronic Health Records
- Current Victorian Driver licence.
- Cert III in Allied Health Assistance (or equivalent), or working towards.

**What's in it for you - as a health promoting not for profit business, we offer**:

- Great People, Working in a Great Place Delivering Great Work
- Attractive Not For Profit Salary Packaging benefits
- Flexible working arrangements
- Active participation in professional development and other learning opportunities;
- Easy street parking & access to public transport

**About the Company**:

- CBCHS is a for-cause, not-for-profit organisation providing a wide range of allied health, dental, child development, disability and aged care services to more than 15,000 clients every year in and around the City of Kingston. Many of our clients are differently abled, socially isolated, financially disadvantaged or exposed to other socio-economic vulnerabilities. Our head office is in Parkdale with programs and services also offered at Chelsea, Clarinda, Mentone, Cheltenham, Clayton and Edithvale.
- We are a values-driven organisation with a reputation for service innovation and quality. Recognising the importance of work-life balance, we proudly offer a range of flexible working options for staff where possible. We are also an inclusive employer that values workforce diversity.
- CBCHS is currently in the process of voluntarily amalgamating with two neighbouring community health services, Connect Health & Community and Star Health, to form a new organisation called Better Health Network (BHN). BHN will provide our clients and community with access to more services in more areas with greater connectivity than ever before. For staff, the transition to BHN will provide more career development opportunities and diverse experiences. In the near future, all CBCHS employees will transfer to BHN.

**How to Apply**:
For information, please contact Karen Madden, Senior Occupational Therapist, on 8587 0257.
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Please note that prior to any commencement of employment, pre-employment checks must be complete. These will include reference checks, a national criminal history and right to work check, proof of vaccinations and a Working With Children Check (where relevant).