Careers

About the Organisation

Enhance the lives of older Australians by joining the Life Without Barriers team. Guided by every client’s individual needs and interests, our personalised in-home Aged Care services focus on empowering every person to maintain their home comforts, health, and connections within their community.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the Role

Leading and managing a team of care coordinators you will facilitate high-quality service provision while ensuring that contract and service eligibility expectations are met across existing and new in-home aged care services across the New South Wales North Coast.

The successful candidate will have strong knowledge and experience in local in home aged care services and funding, be a relationship focused leader and have experience in networking and business development within the community services sector in order to drive the growth of our aged care programs.

This is a permanent full-time position with hybrid work from home arrangements. Due to recent funding for services in Newcastle, this will be the ideal location of the successful candidate. However, as travel will be required along the North Coast other suitable locations include Coffs Harbour, Ballina and Port Macquarie. 

Key Responsibilities

• Manage programs ensuring compliance with legislation, standards, contracts and internal policies.
• Lead and develop care-coordinators, fostering partnerships with Aged Care teams
• Align program services with budgets, business plans, client needs and rostering requirements
• Develop systems for effective program management and ensure quality per legislation and funding standards.
• Conduct audits, manage risks and complaints, liaise on high needs clients, and promote continuous improvement.
• Handle escalations and complaints, advise on state-wide program status, and support team development and growth.

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including a National Criminal History Record Check.

Skills & Experience

• Leadership experience within community services
• Understanding of local in home aged care funding streams and legislation
• Business development and networking skills
• Experience working in dynamic, high volume environments
• Ability to facilitate change management and create positive team culture
• Current drivers licence
• Qualifications in Human services or similar
• Strong time management, multitasking, prioritising and organisational skills

Benefits

• Opportunity to drive growth, supported by recent implementation of Alayacare technology
• Increase your take home pay with up to $15,900 of your annual salary tax free
• Discounts on private health insurance, retail, restaurants and more
• Monthly rostered days off (a long weekend or short week every month!)
• Hybrid working arrangements including work from home days

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact Kestra Caller at recruitment@lwb.org.au

Applications close at midnight on Sunday the 27th of October, 2024

To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with a minimum of two (2) doses or hold a valid medical exemption certificate, in accordance with Life Without Barriers Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Policy. You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process.