Home Care & Support Services Coordinator

Part Time 30.4 hours per week

Shepparton Villages has an exciting opportunity for a Home Care and Support Services Coordinator to join our highly reputable organisation. Reporting to the Community Services Program Manager, you will play a key role in Shepparton Villages Aged Care Services and will be responsible for:

• The developing, implementing and managing of Home Care packages in a Consumer Directed Care environment;
• Building, maintaining and managing strong relationships with consumers and or their representatives, staff, GPs, health service providers and the broader community;
• Developing and managing home care workers in partnership with brokered service providers and HCP agreement
• Partnering with the consumer to development and implement of consumer driven care plans.
• Ensuring that care is delivered by home care workers that reflect the care plan;
• Ensuring that each client is aware of their individualised budget and the package is managed within this budget;
• Assisting the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of quality indicators;
• Ensuring the service meets accreditation standards.

The applicant must have a background within nursing and have a minimum of 2 years’ experience or hold tertiary qualifications in Social/Health Science.

They will also require excellent problem-solving skills, time management, demonstrated people management and interpersonal skills and a strong understanding of consumer directed care (CDC) and the needs of the elderly persons within a community setting.

Applications Close: Friday 26th February 2021

Special Diets Cook – Catering Department

Permanent Part-time position Monday to Thursday

Suitably qualified and/or experienced persons are invited to apply for the position of Special Diets Cook within our main production kitchen.

The successful candidate will work in collaboration with the Catering Manager to plan for the Special Dietary requirements of individual Residents of SRV.

They will be responsible for the Special Diet Section of the production kitchen in the preparation, presentation, and distribution of Special Dietary requirements for our residents.

It is required that they be a team player, able to work with minimal supervision, able to communicate clearly, and be generally efficient in operations.

Key position requirements:

• Experienced Cook or Chef
• Understanding of dietary requirements (desirable, but not essential)
• Experience of production cooking and processes on a large scale (desirable, but not essential)

Salary and working conditions are according to the relevant Award and the Shepparton Villages Inc. current Enterprise Agreement.

Applications Close: Friday 19th February 2021