Care Partner –Community Aged Care Services - Brisbane

About the role

Mercy Community are on the search to find an experienced Care Partner to join our Community Aged Care Services team based in Brisbane on a Permanent Full-time basis. This role will be based at our Nudgee office. Travel to Southside of Brisbane will be required.

The Care Partner is the designated person under Community Care, responsible for delivering care management that enables older people to live safely and independently at home. Working within a rights-based, person-centred framework, the Care Partner collaborates with participants, their supporters, and interdisciplinary teams to coordinate tailored, responsive and inclusive support. Salary commensurate with experience plus superannuation plus salary packaging available

Salary commensurate with experience plus superannuation plus salary packaging available

This role involves but not limited to -

• Collaborate with participants to develop individualised care plans within required funding timeframes
• Incorporate the participant’s goals, and environmental requirements within the participant care plan and delivery
• Establish and update care plan and funding requirements, ensuring participants understand their available services and financial responsibilities
• Review care notes and service delivery data

About you

As the successful applicant, you will possess -

• Diploma-level qualification in Community Services, Aged Care, Case Management, or equivalent
• Demonstrated experience in care coordination, case management or similar roles in aged care, health, or disability services
• Strong communication, empathy and cultural competence.
• Skilled in using care management or CRM systems

Mercy Community is a Catholic not-for-profit that provides a wide range of services supporting the elderly. All our work is driven by our core values of Compassion, Integrity, Dignity & Empowerment.

Being part of the Mercy Community team, means you have access to some fantastic benefits, such as:

• Increase your take home pay through the use of generous salary packaging - up to $18,550 per annum of your salary is available as a tax-free component
• Pay for your Queensland Blue Card and NDIS Worker Screening Card when you need – saving you up to $144 if you need both cards!
• Provide you and your immediate family free, professional and confidential counselling services through our Employee Assistance Program
• Free annual influenza and/or other vaccination reimbursements
• Benyfits – is an employee benefits program designed to help you save money on living costs

Please note we will review applications as they are received and we may interview and appoint prior to closing date, do not delay in applying.

For any queries, please contact [email protected]. We do not accept applications via email so please ensure you apply online.

Mercy Community is a Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to respond to every applicant.