Assistant Coordinator
Job No:
59839
Location:
Lismore, NSW
- Competitive salary + salary packaging + 9 Day Fortnight!
- Company smart phone provided!
- Work in a well established organisation!
- Satisfying and rewarding role!
About the Organisation
St Carthage's Community Care is dedicated to providing services to older people, people with disabilities and their carers on the Far North Coast.
Operating for over 20 years, St Carthage's has been managing a range of community services that aim to be responsive to both individual and community needs while also being effective in making positive changes to any gaps within these needs.
Currently managing seven services, this organisation aspires to become a highly-regarded, client-focused, professionally delivered service that enriches, empowers and maximises the potential of all people.
About Lismore
Lismore is a sub-tropical city in New South Wales and the major regional centre in the Northern Rivers region of the state. Situated in the Rainbow region, Lismore contains almost a third of New South Wales' forest reserves and has some of the most beautiful scenery in the state.
Boasting all the conveniences of a large city centre while still maintaining the lifestyle of a close-knit community, Lismore has grown in population until it now houses 44,000 people.
It provides the majority of the region's major services including shopping and sporting facilities, hospitals and schools.
About the Opportunity
Due to increased funding, St Carthage's Community Care currently has an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Coordinator to join their dedicated team in working throughout the Northern Rivers region of NSW. The major focus of this position is to promote opportunities to address the three plagues of loneliness, helplessness and boredom.
Reporting to the Coordinator, you'll be responsible for creating human habitats and a pathway to a life worth living. This will include facilitating easy access to human and animal companionship, creating opportunities to give as well as receive care and creating environment in which unpredictable interactions and happenings can take place.
As a proactive member of the Aged Services team, you will also be providing day to day supervision to community care workers as well as implementing, reviewing and evaluating community care packages for older persons.
As you will be liaising with other services and external service agencies and providers, it is essential to have a working knowledge of the relevant program standards, guidelines, target groups and special needs groups and the capacity to contribute to the strategic and business planning process.
Some of your specific daily duties will include (but not be limited to):
- Identify and develop client goals through assessment processes;
- Plan, develop, implement and evaluate individual, community care packages and person centred care plans;
- Actively promote and advertise St Carthage's Community Care to clients, families and other relevant stakeholders;
- Maintain accurate records and monitor the use and storage of equipment, resources and materials;
- Ensure Community Care Workers are aware of their role and participate in induction and orientation for new staff as required;
- Assist the Coordinator in undertaking research to identify the needs/issues in relation to target groups; and
- Develop professional relationships with internal and external stake holders.
To be successful in this role you'll be committed to the Eden Alternative and will have significant demonstrated experience in the assessment, planning, development, implement and evaluation of Home Care Package Services and HACC. Importantly, you'll have the ability to work with clients with complex care needs as well as people experiencing conflict.
You will need to be computer literate in a Windows environment, with the ability to work both in a team and autonomously and the ability to make immediate decisions when required. Effective time management is essential, as is the ability to provide regular structured supervision, coaching and debriefing support.
St Carthage's Community Care is seeking a self-motivated individual with excellent verbal and written communication, conflict resolution and organisational skills who is cooperative and flexible in both team and individual tasks. You will be promoting dignity and respect while creating a safe and comfortable environment where clients grow and thrive.
While not essential, candidates with a working knowledge of the Eden Alternative will be highly regarded.
In return, you will receive an attractive remuneration package, with salary sacrifice options available! You will enjoy a position where you are truly valued and encouraged to achieve!
In addition you will receive a mobile phone for company use, reimbursement on kilometres and a rostered day off each fortnight! This is an extremely satisfying and rewarding role, and you will finish each working day knowing you have improved the lives of others and truly made a difference within the community!
Applications close 5pm AEST Monday 22nd September, 2014.