• Employment Status: Permanent
• Days & Hours of Work: Monday to Friday totalling 38 hours per week
• Competitive Salary: Band 7 - $108,190 p.a. + 11% superannuation
• Location: Council Office in Sandringham, with the flexibility to undertake some work from home

About Us:

We are a passionate organisation, connected in our shared goal to be ‘sector leading’ in all that we do for the community and each other. Home to over 100,000 residents, Bayside City Council's enduring purpose is building extraordinary places, thriving communities, and better futures.

Bayside Council is an equal-opportunity employer committed to providing an accessible and safe working environment that embraces and values child safety, diversity, and inclusion. Our organisational strategy is made up of three priorities and we consider these in everything we do: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Customer Experience and Results Matter.

We want everyone to be as proud of what we are achieving – and excited about our future – as we are, and we are committed to working together to achieve this.

About the Role:

Reporting to the Home Care Packages Coordinator you will lead, guide, coach and support a skilled and motivated high-functioning team of care managers who have manageable caseloads and work in the local Bayside area.

You will provide professional advice and support to staff in response to complex care situations and management of client budgets.

You will be responsible for:

• Operating as a central point of contact to care management staff for professional and operational advice.
• Ensuring clients receive a flexible and individualised response within the parameters of policies, procedures, and the Home Care Packages program manual.
• Overseeing the development and adherence to client budgets within funding parameters and guidelines.
• Pro-actively working with and supporting team members to meet their administrative requirements.

Key Selection Criteria:

To be successful in this role, you will bring the following skills and competencies

• Tertiary qualification in a health, allied health or social science discipline.
• Minimum two years’ care manager leadership experience, including management of care budgets.
• Demonstrated understanding of the needs and issues facing people who are facing challenges with ageing and wishing to remain at home and within their community.
• Experience in delivery of person-centred practices and complex care management.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of relevant aged care legislation and community services and supports for the ageing and consumer directed care.

Mandatory pre-employment requirements:

• Be willing to undergo and complete a satisfactory criminal history check.
• Provide or obtain an employment-based Working with Children check 
• Be fully vaccinated with at least two approved COVID-19 vaccines or have proof of medical exemption, in accordance with Council's COVID-19 Vaccination Policy.

What we can offer you in return: 

• A work life/balance through flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
• Generous leave provisions, including accrued time off, parental leave, three days of wellbeing leave per year, cultural and ceremonial leave, gender affirmation leave, plus the ability to purchase up to four weeks additional leave per year.
• Dedicated Staff Wellbeing programs, events and gym membership discounts.
• Learning and development opportunities so our people can grow and thrive.
• A Parkland surrounded office that is only short 500m stroll to the beach.
• Free onsite staff parking plus hybrid vehicles and electric bikes that employees can book for work related travel.
• A Green Money program, that rewards our staff for taking simple everyday steps to a more substantiable and climate aware living.

If you are ready to be part of our incredible organisation, and you think this role is the right fit for you, then we look forward to finding out more about you and what you would bring to this role.

How to apply:

1. To discover more about the role and responsibilities review the Position Description on Bayside City Council Careers page.
2. Provide a cover letter responding to the Key Selection Criteria and what has motivated you to apply for this role.
3. Click Apply to submit your application.
4. If you require any access or reasonable adjustment at any point throughout the recruitment process, then please do let us know by contacting the listed Hiring Manager – your customer experience truly matters to us!

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity or have any questions, please contact Nicole Richards at [email protected] using the subject line: Home Care Packages Team Leader enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Bayside City Council prides itself on its values of Respect Each Other, Own It, Work Together and Find Better Ways.

Bayside City Council proudly acknowledges the Bunurong People of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land, and we pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging as well as all Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community members with us today.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to an equitable, diverse and socially inclusive work environment. We actively encourage applicants with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, people living with disability, LGBTIQA+ people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this opportunity.