Regional Aged Care Team Leader - Alice Springs

About Anglicare NT

Anglicare NT is a respected provider of quality human services across urban, regional, and remote areas. Anglicare NT offers a range of career opportunities in the community and social services sector in a diverse range of fields such as children and youth, family relationships and counselling, refugee and migrant, corporate services, financial counselling, mental health, disability and home care, social enterprises, and specialist homelessness services

Working with Anglicare NT, you will have access to:

• Further training and development options.
• Flexible working conditions; five (5) weeks annual leave.
• A strengths-based environment.

We also offer great salary packaging options that can significantly increase your take-home pay.

About the Opportunity

Based in Alice Springs and reporting to the Program Manager Aged Care, you will play a key role in coordinating and overseeing the delivery of quality aged care services across the region.

You will support consumers receiving services under the Support at Home Program, Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP), restorative care and other aged care initiatives, ensuring care is responsive, culturally appropriate and aligned with individual goals.

This role combines leadership, care coordination, stakeholder engagement and operational oversight.

You will:

• Lead, supervise and support a team of Aged Care Support Workers.
• Assist with consumer assessments, care planning and care plan reviews.
• Ensure services are delivered in line with Aged Care Quality Standards and legislative requirements.
• Support culturally safe service delivery for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people from diverse backgrounds.
• Monitor consumer budgets, documentation, compliance and reporting requirements.
• Participate in continuous improvement, quality reviews and audit processes.

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• A Diploma in Human Services, Community Services, Health, Disability, Aged Care or a related field, or significant equivalent experience.
• Experience coordinating services for older people living at home.
• Strong knowledge of aged care legislation, reforms, quality standards and compliance requirements.
• Experience developing, implementing and reviewing care plans.
• Demonstrated leadership, supervision and mentoring experience.

Note: The filling of this position is intended to constitute a special/equal opportunity measure under section 8(1) of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), section 57 of the Antidiscrimination Act 1996 (NT) and section 12 of the Equal Opportunity Act 2010.

Special Measures vacancies are open to everyone including Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. However, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy.

As part of the recruitment process, please address the key selection criteria using the online application on the Anglicare NT website.

To submit your application, please click ‘Apply Now’ by the closing date.

For further information on this exciting opportunity, please contact the Program Manager Aged Care on (08) 8985 0000 or visit our careers page www.anglicare-nt.org.au/careers/ 

To request a full position description, please email our team at recruitment@anglicare-nt.org.au using the subject line: Regional Aged Care Team Leader - Alice Springs enquiry via EthicalJobs or see attached below.

Applications are being assessed on receipt so speed is key! The sooner you apply the better!

Applications for this position may be closed earlier than anticipated or extended at the discretion of the hiring manager.

Please note: It is a requirement that prior to commencing in this role, you must provide 100 points of identification to confirm Australian citizenship or eligibility to work in Australia; possess a Working with Children (Ochre Card), a current National Criminal History Check (within 3 months) and a valid NT driver’s licence. 

Unfortunately, we aren't in a position to sponsor candidate visas. If you don't have the independent right to work in the country you're applying for, we will not be able to progress your application

Experience of working closely with and having a strong understanding of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander culture would be considered an advantage.

Anglicare NT is a Child Safe, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.

COVID-19 Vaccination Status

Anglicare NT is committed to providing a safe working environment and taking all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that its people and the community are protected against vaccine-preventable diseases. The Australian Immunisation Handbook lists the immunisations recommended for healthcare professionals. Aged Care Support workers are strongly recommended to follow COVID vaccination recommendations provided in Australian Immunisation handbook (based on ATAGI advice). 

Anglicare NT staff who do NOT work directly with vulnerable people will not be required to provide evidence of COVID 19 vaccination.