Home Care Packages - Care Manager

Home Care Packages - Care Manager 

Permanent Part Time (64 hours per fortnight) 

Are you looking to change your career direction? Do you want to make a difference to someone’s life? This could be the job you’ve been looking for.

The Home Care Package Team is a fast growing and exciting department within the WDHS organisation.

About Us

Located in bustling Hamilton, at Western District Health Service (WDHS) we pride ourselves on our strong teamwork and our shared commitment to providing person-centred high-quality healthcare to the Southern Grampians community.

The Greater Hamilton region is rich with lifestyle opportunities and facilities. Working for WDHS will enable you to pursue your profession, build your career and enjoy a great work/life balance. With the Grampians National Park and stunning beaches on your doorstep in Warrnambool, Port Fairy and Portland and wineries dotted in-between, a better lifestyle is waiting for you!  Learn more - Visit Hamilton

You will work alongside experienced, passionate leadership peers who are true to our values of Integrity, Innovation, Collaboration, Accountability, Respect and Empathy.

About the role

 An exciting opportunity exists for a Care Manager to join our rapidly expanding team.

If you can offer the highest standard of care to our consumers and have good time management and organisation skills, we would like to hear from you. Reporting to the Aged Care Services Manager, the Care Manager is accountable for overall performance and service delivery of our Home Care Package care recipients.

Within a Consumer Directed Care framework, you will manage care and services to enable them to continue living safely and independently at home.

You will bring:

• Preferred but not essential -Degree, Diploma or Certificate in a Community, Health or Management discipline
• Previous experience in a case management role will be highly regarded
• Advanced competence in management information systems and software packages, such as Microsoft Office
• Proven ability to negotiate, manage and operate within a budget
• Excellent communication skills and a genuine care for older people
• Flexibility and self-motivation

For more details take a look at our Position Description.

Closing Date: Sunday 8 September 2024

Proposed Interview Date: Week commencing Monday 9 September 2024

The successful candidate must have or obtain a National Criminal Police Check. Depending on the role, a Working with Children Check Clearance, Disability Worker Exclusion Scheme check, and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check may also be required. All employees must comply with WDHS vaccination requirements, including COVID and Booster shots. WDHS is a smoke-free workplace.

At WDHS we are proud to be smoke free.

Western District Health Service is an Equal Opportunity Employer that has a commitment to cultural safety, inclusion and empowerment of Indigenous, Torres Strait Islander, their families and communities and encourages them to apply. This organisation promotes the safety and wellbeing of children from culturally, linguistically diverse and aboriginal backgrounds and those with a disability.