Home Support Assessor
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- Position located at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital, working with clients in the community.
- Fixed Term, Part Time
Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About the Aged Care Assessment Services
The Aged Care Assessment Services sit within Aged Care Community Services as part of the Continuing Care Division at Austin Health. The service currently undertakes My Aged Care comprehensive assessments for Commonwealth Government subsidised services (Residential Care, Residential Respite Care, Home Care Packages, Transition Care and Short-Term Restorative Care) in both hospitals and in the client’s home. From early December our program will also provide assessments for home support to clients in the community.
It is a service that helps older people and their families make decisions about the services that they need to remain at home safely.
About the Role
The Home Support Assessor is a non-clinical role that works alongside clinical assessors as a component of the My Aged Care (MAC) assessment workforce. The Home Support Assessor will provide phone, telehealth and in home (face to face) assessments of clients referred via the MAC Gateway using the Integrated Assessment Tool (IAT).
A regular day will see you:
- Providing kind and friendly client contact and support
- Undertaking screening and assessments of clients using the IAT
- Working with clients to establish goals, developing a support plan and where required supporting them to link in with services
About you
You will be someone who has excellent communication and interpersonal skills; strong report writing skills and attention to detail; who is able to work autonomously, as well as in a team environment; who is willing to learn and develop their skillset, and who wants to work in a program that makes a difference to clients in our community
Our benefits
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
- Mentoring and career development opportunities
- Easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists
Work with us!
We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.
If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: shakira.simon@austin.org.au
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: 13 October 2024
