Carer's Coordinator
Working closely with the Client Services Manager, this role is responsible for coordinating a new FACS funded carers’ peer support program
Summary about this job
Aged & Disability Support
Company: Multicultural Care
Location: Sydney
Work type: Contract/Temp
Salary: n\a
Phone: +61-8-4634-3291
Fax: +61-2-4384-1752
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Detail information about job Carer's Coordinator. Terms and conditions vacancy
Organisation Overview:
Multicultural Care (MC) is a not-for-profit, secular, community organization, specializing in home and community-based support services for frail-aged people, people with disability, and their carers, from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
We provide a range of services and supports across Sydney’s Inner West, South West and South East, including:
- Home Care Packages
- Short Term Restorative Care Packages
- Commonwealth Home Support Program services
- Respite (in-home, community, and centre based)
- Domestic Assistance
- Transport
- Personal Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Veterans Home Care (VHC)
- ComPacks provider panel
- NDIS Supports
- Art Therapy Sessions for older people
- Multicultural Weavers Project – one-on-one peer support for carers, commencing July 2018.
The role (Fixed term contract for 24 months)
Working closely with the Client Services Manager, the Carer's Coordinator is responsible for establishing and coordinating a new FACS (Family & Community Services) funded carers’ peer support program, to be run as an action research trial project over two years.
The project involves adapting, establishing, and evaluating the Weavers one-on-one model of peer support, which is delivered by volunteers with lived experience of caring over a 12 to 20-week period. The project is specifically aimed at carers from CALD backgrounds.
The Carer’s Coordinator (also referred to as a Local Connector) will use project management and organisational skills to establish and coordinate the project, which is based in Sydney’s Inner West.
Key Accountabilities
- Project Development & Coordination
- Carer Support
- Team recruitment, training and support
- Project/Service Evaluation
- Values & Conduct
Essential Criteria
- Certificate IV in Aged Care, Health and Leisure, or equivalent qualification or another relevant field experience and qualification
- A genuine passion for providing high quality, person-centered programs, and commitment to the values and philosophies of MC
- Demonstrated understanding of needs and issues experienced by carers from CALD backgrounds
- Strong track record in project management and/or establishing new services
- Strong track record in community engagement and relationship building
- Strong communication skills both verbal and written
- Experience and/or qualifications in Action Research and/or project evaluation
- Ability to lead and support a team of volunteers
- Ability to speak a relevant second language
- High level of personal organization and effective time management skills
- Good administrative and information technology skills- Microsoft Office Suite- Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Excellent email and letter drafting skills
- Excellent reporting and analytical skills
- Demonstrated commitment to promoting, and being part of, a cooperative and cohesive team environment and culture
Desirable Criteria
- Experience and/or training in program co-design approaches
- Skills/qualifications in data analysis
- Current First Aid Certificate or a willingness to obtain
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