Care Partner - Home Care Permanent part time - 3 days

MiCare; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

MiCare, a not-for-profit organisation delivering aged care, home care and migrant support across Victoria and Queensland, invites a Care partner to join our values-led team. You will help plan and coordinate care for older clients, ensuring culturally appropriate practices and safety while supporting families.

The role involves initial and ongoing care planning, service coordination, and working with clients and clinicians to connect them to health and community services.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in Social Work, Allied Health or Nursing.
• APHRA registration would be highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Support care planning and coordination for older clients.
• Ensure culturally appropriate practices and safety in care.
• Assist clients to access required services and manage budgets.

Skills

Case management

Communication

Organisation

Aged care knowledge

Problem solving

Empathy

Education

Bachelor degree in Social Work / Allied Health / Nursing

APHRA registration (highly regarded)

Job description

Make a lasting impact in a values-driven organisation supporting diverse communities

Why MiCare?

Save on tax with generous salary packaging benefit's — novated leasing, general living expenses, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation and venue hire.

Enjoy exclusive perks via our employee wellness portal — access to amazing discounts on everyday items.

Achieve true work life balance — hybrid working between home and the office

Act as a change agent — drive real transformation in a purpose-led organisation.

Be part of a multicultural, values-led team making a real difference in the community.

Grow with us — access professional development in a supportive, collaborative environment.

MiCare is a not-for-profit organisation that exists to enable people from diverse backgrounds to lead dignified and meaningful lives. We offer aged care, home care, retirement living and migrant support services, with a strong focus on culturally appropriate care and community connection.

With teams located across Victoria and Queensland, we embrace diversity in both our workforce and the communities we support. At MiCare, you’ll join a compassionate, dedicated group of people working to deliver real impact every day.

The Role

The Care partner understands activities that contribute to the overall safety, wellbeing, health and quality of life of an older person. Care management ensures that care reflects individual preferences and culturally appropriate practices, while assisting clients to understand and access the level of support they require.

The role will support all clients re receiving services under all Support at Home classifications. This includes self-managed clients who require a base level of care management in order for the provider to meet their obligations. Care management involves initial and ongoing care planning, service planning and coordination, development, review and evaluation of a client’s care plan and quarterly budget, monitoring of services provided, provision of information and education about the client’s care and services, support to connect to health and other services when needed, support to undergo a Support Plan Review, if needed.

What We’re Looking For

Key Result Areas

• Improved aged care outcomes - provision of high-quality, person-centred care to all clients
• Enhanced continuity of care – ensure communication, collaboration and smooth transitions between providers and care settings
• Increased client empowerment and satisfaction - engage client’s and their representatives in decisions regarding their care in a timely and supportive manner
• Optimised use of resources – Ensure consolidated service planning and information sharing
• Business development – Encouraging the use of MiCare services with existing and new clients where this makes the most sense for their care

Qualifications

• Tertiary, ideally Bachelor level, qualification in Social Work, Allied Health, or Nursing
• Current APHRA registration would be highly regarded.

Experience

• Demonstrated case management experience within the sector, preferably working with complex family and social issues.
• Thorough understanding of, and empathy for, the aging process, aged care systems and opportunities.
• Ability to quickly and accurately communicate details about a client’s condition and ongoing care to clinicians, family, representatives and the MiCare team as appropriate.
• Demonstrated ability explain care needs and options to the elder and their family in layman’s terms.
• Solid organisational skills to be able to keep track details and support relationship building and service delivery.
• Problem-solving capabilities to work around complex schedules or walk patients through secondary plans when first options fall through.
• Clear understanding of the Aged Care Quality Standards

To be considered for this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand Citizen or permanent resident. The successful applicant must satisfactorily complete all pre-employment checks, including National Police Check.

Applications close 5:00pm, 4 November 2026.

MiCare is handling this recruitment independently and is not engaging agency support at this stage.