Home and Community Services Manager

Lead where your passion for quality, in-home care is shared by an award-winning aged care provider.

Are you looking for your next career opportunity working as a Manager in Home and Community Services?

Achieve your aspirations in this space, leading your team to support older people to continue living in their own homes with a range of in-home, wellness, and Centre-based therapy services.

With the support of strong operational systems, specialist clinical, and initiative focused operational teams, and the autonomy that trusts your experience and judgement, you will lead an experienced, positive, and collaborative group of staff.

We will support you to shape your vision to support older people living in their own homes in the community. Secure, flexible work with professional development and generous employee benefits. This is a permanent full-time opportunity and includes the option of salary packaging a motor vehicle. This is a pivotal leadership role covering our Onkaparinga region.

Welcome the opportunities that Resthaven brings!

About Resthaven

Resthaven is one of South Australia’s largest not-for-profit providers, so you will personally benefit from our secure work environment, with professional development opportunities and generous employee benefits.

What we offer 

Resthaven offers a supportive and richly diverse and inclusive community where everyone's uniqueness is valued. As part of the Resthaven team you will have access to:

• Attractive salary and working conditions.
• Access to salary packaging to increase your take home pay and other discounts via our provider.
• Access to four free remedial massage treatments per financial year
• Access to professional development fund to continue your learning.
• EAP program and support for you and your family
• Flexible and supportive team environment

You will be required to

• Ensure high level of quality service delivery
• Ability to work autonomously to drive business outcomes
• Ensure compliance with relevant policies and procedures and Aged Care Standards and legislation
• Be responsible for and manage overall leadership for several community services sites

Essential Requirements

• Ability to satisfy the Responsible Persons requirements for the Aged Care Act 2024
• Knowledge of the Aged Care Act, Home Care Services and Strengthened aged care standards
• Experience in management of a health-related setting/ in direct health service delivery
• Demonstrated competence and interpersonal skills to enable effective communication with all levels of staff, management, and other organisations.
• Management of a budget and financial literacy
• Demonstrated ability to counsel staff and clients and to handle conflict and mediate and negotiate acceptable solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to recognise when change is required and to initiate and manage the change process through lateral thinking and staff consultation.
• Ability to provide leadership which motivates staff to provide quality client focussed services.
•  Ability to balance the needs of individuals receiving the service against the needs of populations for access to services and effectively manage these.
• An understanding of issues for older people, their families, and carers

For enquiries, please contact Kelli Witt, Senior Recruitment Business Partner - kelli.witt@resthaven.asn.au

Please apply online, applications close Friday 4 September at 5pm.

If you live our values of trust, dignity, and respect, open the door to a meaningful career with Resthaven.