Job description
- Full-time position based in ACT
- $86k – $92k inclusive of super + Salary Packaging
- Flexible Friendly organisation, WFH full time with occasional travel to the Sydney office.
Our Organisation
The Benevolent Society’s vision is to build a just society where all Australians can live their best life. For more than 200 years we have supported people at the margins of society: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians; children, young people, and their families; older people; carers and people with disability. We are an independent, non-religious service provider which supports people to live life their way.
As part of The Benevolent Society’s vision, we are strongly committed to reconciliation with our First Nations people of Australia. We remain steadfast in our commitment to promoting the economic, political, and social inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
About the role
As our case manager, you will support older people living in the ACT to experience their best life. In addition to assessing, building care plans, and supporting clients with their complex needs, you will work with a team of community care workers to deliver the services clients need in line with the consumer-directed/self-directed care model. You will also raise the profile of the service at local expos and other community events.
Duties
- Work with clients to undertake comprehensive assessments to develop, implement, monitor, and review their client plan using a relationship-centered approach identifying individuals’ and families’ abilities and goals
- Establish and maintain network relationships with key agencies, other providers, and referral services including ACATS, GPs, Social Workers, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-specific services, and ethnic-specific/multicultural services.
- Deliver person-centred case management that is based on a collaborative process with the person with a disability, their family, or carers.
- Ensure simplified access to the disability service system for a person with a disability that matches their goals and/or a family-centred approach with funded service providers and other human service agencies.
Our Benefits
We support people to live their best life. That includes you, our employee. A ‘best life’ is unique to everyone and can change as life changes:
- Salary Benefits -You can package up to $15,900 pa of your pre-tax salary to pay for everyday expenses before income tax is calculated, meaning you take home even more pay!
- Motor Vehicle Packaging Options – to suit your lifestyle.
- Work/Life Balance – Enjoy flexible work arrangements, including hybrid home/office options, and accrue an additional day off each month (a bonus of 12 days per year) as a full-time employee.
- Recognition and Reward – Sector competitive remuneration, various recognition programs, and access to long service leave after 5 years.
- Wellness – Stay fit with a Fitness passport, utilise our Employee Assistance Program, and even purchase additional leave.
- Professional development – We tailor career development opportunities to all employees and volunteers for career enrichment, fulfillment, and growth.
- Our Reconciliation Commitment – First Nations employees have access to cultural and ceremonial leave, as well as the options to be a voice on our First Nations Staff Reference Group & RAP working group and have the opportunity for cultural and professional development that supports career pathways.
Skills and Experience
- Case management experience in Ageing or minimum cert 4 in Case Management
- Work in a person-centred, holistic way to achieve outcomes with clients
- Great people and customer service skills and the ability to communicate with people from all walks of life
- A natural team player with the ability to balance competing priorities, teamwork, and self-care
- Outstanding organisational skills with the ability to represent your service at events
- Drivers License essential
Apply online today!
Call Sally on 0401 675 631 to discuss the role in more detail.
The Benevolent Society respects and promotes human rights and diversity and is committed to building an inclusive culture. We welcome diversity in all its forms; applications from underrepresented communities are strongly encouraged. We value relationships with our local Aboriginal community and welcome applications from its members. We see ability not disability, if you identify as a person with a different ability, please get in contact to let us know how we can accommodate your needs. We pride ourselves on being a client and child safe organisation and as such all our staff and volunteers go through security screening relevant to the role.
