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Practice Coordinator - QLD Hospital Discharge and Housing Project

Summer Foundation
  • Salary range - $85k to $90k

You will, with the support of your team:

  • Contribute to the organisation’s work in building the capacity of health services to achieve positive hospital discharge outcomes and sustainable housing opportunities for people with disability and complex support needs
  • Deliver training, mentoring and resources for hospital discharge planning teams, based on best practice discharge for NDIS participants
  • Oversee the completion of housing needs and preferences documentation for patients over the life of the project
  • Work with housing policy and housing matching teams in Summer Foundation in collating and reporting on new housing demand identified in the project
  • Participate in the Leaving Hospital Well Community of Practice

The Summer Foundation has a systems change approach to reducing the number of young people entering aged care. This role contributes to systems change through gathering local insights and knowledge about the operation of hospital discharge practices at a local level to feed into research, policy and advocacy work.

Responsibilities & Duties:

  • Local coordination of engagement activities with key Health Services staff, for the purpose of completing successful needs analyses
  • Contribute to customised program and resource design to address identified gaps in skills and knowledge about NDIS processes, and promote a collaborative discharge approach for patients with complex support needs awaiting discharge
  • Assist patients to identify suitable vacancies though on-line platforms such as The Housing Hub
  • Facilitate process for patients to connect to appropriate housing options
  • Deliver training, mentoring and consultancy advice to discharge planning workforce across the three HHSs, supporting a ‘train the trainer’ approach where possible, to create a sustainable discharge for health providers in working with NDIS participants
  • Implement training evaluation and contribute to project documentation and reporting
  • Recruitment of membership to the Leaving Hospital Well’ ‘community of practice’, contributing content and overseeing effective networking and communication
  • Provide insights into the development of policy advice and papers that support improved outcomes for young people with complex support needs leaving hospital
  • Prepare written information and resources for presentation and dissemination across health networks

Skills & Experience:

Essential:

  • Experience working directly with people with disability who have complex and high support needs, particularly those who are in hospital, shared supported accommodation, residential aged care (RAC) and/or at risk of entry to RAC
  • An undergraduate allied health degree such as social work, occupational therapy, speech pathology, neuropsychology, psychology, or equivalent experience
  • More than 2 year’s experience working in the disability, health or welfare sectors
  • A working knowledge of the NDIS, its framework, structure and practice
  • Demonstrated capacity to engage with allied health and clinical care health staff
  • Advanced problem-solving skills, including a pro-active approach to individual problems, through to systemic advocacy
  • Experience in training and mentoring other professionals in the area of disability/health
  • Evidence of ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
  • Professional presentation and excellent communication skills
  • Willingness to travel interstate and stay overnight where required
  • Current police check
  • Meets requirement for Queensland Health protocol on Vaccine Preventable Disease screening
  • Current drivers licence and own vehicle, or equivalent capacity to travel
  • Demonstrated commitment to advocating within a human rights framework

Preferred:

  • A proactive attitude and passion for achieving better outcomes for people with disability in the health system
  • Strong knowledge of hospital discharge practice and the NDIS
  • Confidence in using Microsoft Office products in a MAC environment, shared web workspaces and information sharing platforms
  • A proactive attitude and passion for achieving better outcomes for people with disability in the health system
  • Strong knowledge of hospital discharge practice and the NDIS
  • Confidence in using Microsoft Office products in a MAC environment, shared web workspaces and information sharing platforms

The successful applicant’s values will match those of the Summer Foundation. The Summer Foundation’s values include:

  • Vision: We are creative, innovative and resourceful. We continually strive to be the best
  • Integrity: We act with integrity and honesty in everything we do
  • Communication: We communicate openly by exchanging information and actively listening to all stakeholders
  • Team Spirit: We value and recognise the contribution of our colleagues, both locally and globally. We enjoy working together to achieve outstanding results and total job satisfaction
  • Corporate Responsibility: We act responsibly within our community and care for the environment

We offer:

  • Salary Packaging
  • Flexible working hours
  • Supportive and collaborative team environment
  • Stimulating and modern office facilities

Other Relevant Information:

The position description is indicative of the initial expectation of the role and subject to changes to Summer Foundation goals and priorities, activities or focus of the job.

Employment subject to National Police History Check

Contract term to 30th October 2020

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