Area Coordinator

**Area Coordinator - Home Support**

**Hume Office - Shepparton VIC**

**Part Time Fixed Term Basis**
- **Work with a rapidly growing not-for-profit organisation committed to social justice**:

- **Competitive pay rate - $56.29 per hour + superannuation**:

- **Fixed Term from June 2025 to November 2025**:

- **Laptop and mobile phone provided.**:

- **Part Time position - 22.8 hours per week**:

- **Based at our Hume Office in Shepparton (VIC)**

**About us**
- Wintringham is a specialised non-religious not-for-profit welfare organisation. We are committed to providing older people who are at risk or have experienced homelessness with a range of high-quality care, housing and services. We employ more than 1,000 staff across Victoria and Tasmania.

**Your new role**
- Wintringham is seeking a dynamic and proactive Area Coordinator, to join our multi-disciplinary Hume community team on a Part -Time basis. The Area Coordinator will provide support and supervision for a team of case managers who will work to ensure clients receive the support and care needed based on their funded level of package. This engaging Fixed Term role will run from the June 2025 to November 2025.

**Your duties and responsibilities will include**:

- Promote a non-institutional philosophy by recognising and promoting the rights of clients
- Promote consistent growth and viability of the Home Support Program(HCP)
- Develop strong relationships with local services and networks
- Ensure duty of care to both clients and staff is adhered to at all times
- Ensure high quality, comprehensive case management services are provided.
- Provide support and supervision for a team of case managers
- Ensure services being provided are in line with Aged Care Quality Standards
- Maintain a small caseload of Home Care Package clients
- An approved tertiary qualification in Social Work, Nursing, Welfare, Community Services or Allied Health.
- Demonstrated well developed networking skills
- An understanding of the aged care sector and community services
- Current Driver's License
- Experience in case management supervision and staff development
- Experience in service delivery in a community setting
- Sound understanding of the aged and community services legislative frameworks
- Experience in the Health or the Aged Care sector and Homelessness
- Commitment to the organisation and its philosophy of social justice.
- Well-developed communication and liaison skills with a variety of people from varying socio-economic backgrounds

**What is in it for you?**
- We are committed to offering an enjoyable, safe and flexible workplace that provides a work-life balance. When you are working with Wintringham, you will have access to the following benefits:

- **Access to exclusive not-for-profit salary packaging**: salary package your personal expenses up to the amount of $15,900.
- **Continuous development**: we believe in giving our staff the skills they need and will keep you up to date with yearly qualifications such as behaviour management, first aid, CPR and manual handling. We offer many growth opportunities and have a strong internal recruitment program.
- **Free access to wellbeing services + great discounts to retailers**: When you are employed at Wintringham, you will have access to our staff wellbeing portal, exclusive discounts from leading retailers and our Employee Assistance Program

**This sounds great How do I apply?**
- For more information about the role, you can download a copy of the Position Description here.
- Applications close **on Friday 25**th** of April 2025 at 5pm.**
- Applicants who have lived in a country other than Australia for a period longer than 12 months in the last 10 years may be required to undergo an International Police Check.