Care Partner

UnitingCare; Sunshine Coast Regional; On-site; AUD 61,000 - 87,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging benefits

Employee discounts

Parental leave

Job summary

BlueCare is seeking a Care Partner to coordinate person-centred care and services for clients accessing aged care funding. You will assess needs, develop care plans, and coordinate services with families and multidisciplinary teams.

You will manage care budgets, monitor risks, and review outcomes while supporting clients to navigate the care system and access appropriate services. This on-site role requires a valid driver’s licence and a roadworthy vehicle.

Qualifications

• Certificate IV in Health or Community Service - Essential
• Current Australian Driver’s Licence - Essential
• Roadworthy vehicle for work - Essential
• Experience and knowledge of client-centred community care and funding streams
• Ability to collaborate with clinical and care teams to coordinate care
• Knowledge of aged care legislative, regulatory and quality requirements
• Strong communication, interpersonal and problem-solving skills
• Ability to satisfy probity checks required by legislation or policies - Essential

Responsibilities

• Assess client needs and develop and review individualised care plans.
• Coordinate services and care transitions with clients, families and multidisciplinary teams.
• Manage client care budgets and funding.
• Monitor changing needs and risks, escalating to clinical teams as required.
• Review care plans, services and outcomes.
• Support clients to navigate the care system and access appropriate services.

Skills

Client-centred care

Communication skills

Collaboration with clinical teams

Regulatory knowledge (AGED CARE)

Problem-solving

Probity compliance

Education

Certificate IV in Health or Community Service

Tools

Driver’s Licence

Work vehicle (roadworthy)

Job description

Care Partner | BlueCare | Community Care

• Employment Status: Permanent Full Time
• Location: Gympie & Surrounding Areas
• Remuneration: $53.55 p/hr + Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging (Increases your take home pay) + Allowances + Travel Reimbursement (KM’s) + Employee discounts

A career that puts you at the heart of it all.

At BlueCare, you’ll be part of a team making a meaningful difference every day, supporting people to live life their way.

About the role:

As a Care Partner, you’ll coordinate person-centred care and services to support clients to achieve the best possible outcomes from their Aged Care Service funding.

• Assessing client needs and developing and reviewing individualised care plans
• Coordinating services and care transitions with clients, families and multidisciplinary teams
• Managing client care budgets and available funding
• Monitoring changing needs and risks, escalating to clinical teams where required
• Reviewing care plans, services and outcomes
• Supporting clients to navigate the care system and access appropriate services

With no two days ever the same, you’ll spend the majority of your day on the road engaging with clients in the community.

We encourage our team to be creative and enjoy themselves while contributing to our success. Come join one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia.

Role requirements:

• Certificate IV in a Health or Community Service discipline - Essential
• Current Australian Driver’s Licence - Essential
• Roadworthy and insured (Third Party Property minimum) vehicle for work - Essential
• Experience and knowledge of client-centred community care and Community Funding streams
• Ability to collaborate with clinical and care teams to coordinate care and exercise professional judgement
• Knowledge of relevant aged care legislative, regulatory and quality requirements
• Strong communication, interpersonal and problem-solving skills
• Ability to satisfy the relevant probity checks required by legislation or policies – Essential

Employee Benefits:

• Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum

• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs

• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme

• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events

• Career development opportunities with one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

BlueCare is proudly part of the UnitingCare Family, we’d love you to be too

Joining the state’s largest network of aged care workers with its over 8,000 strong, bright team in blue, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. With more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, you are part of something bigger. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

• Provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children
• Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
• Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur
• Abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple –everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position. For additional support and to meet our RAP Team, email [e-mail]

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.