Care Partner

MedicalJobsAustralia.com Care Partner | BlueCare | Community Care

Employment Status: Permanent Full Time

Located in: Bowen, Proserpine & 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

Additional Benefits:

Sign On Bonus $2,000

Rural & Remote Allowance $250per fortnight

Retention Bonuses $27,500 paid in instalments over 24 months

Relocation Package up to $5,000 available to those needing to relocate

Additional remote living and relocation benefits may also apply through NFP salary packaging

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 protected]

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. Click here to Apply now →