What are the responsibilities and job description for the Neighbourhood Leader position at UnitingCare Queensland?
Neighbourhood Leader | BlueCare | Community Care
As Neighbourhood Leader you will autonomously manage your neighbourhood operation. You will be responsible for providing effective leadership to your team of clinical and care employees, as well as facilitating providing quality care based on our client needs, enhancing and promoting quality of life.
Key Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To
Role
You’ll be an experienced leader performing within a health, community or aged care environment. You’ll be an advocate for person-centred care, leading by example through exceptional communication and customer service. You’ll bring to the role:
Employee Benefits
Joining the state’s largest network of aged care workers with its over 8,000 strong, bright team in blue, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. With more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, you are part of something bigger. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.
Child safe, Child friendly
UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:
Our approach is simple –everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position. For additional support and to meet our RAP Team, email reconciliation@ucareqld.com.au
Safe workplace
We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.
- Employment Status: Permanent Full time
- Location: Mackay
- Remuneration: Attractive Salary 12% Super Not for Profit Salary Packaging (Increases your take home pay) Allowances & Travel Reimbursement (KM’s) Employee discounts
- Leadership position within Community Aged Care
- Unique opportunity to manage your own Neighbourhood operation
- Suit a commercially astute Health or Aged Care professional, seeking next career step
As Neighbourhood Leader you will autonomously manage your neighbourhood operation. You will be responsible for providing effective leadership to your team of clinical and care employees, as well as facilitating providing quality care based on our client needs, enhancing and promoting quality of life.
Key Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To
- Providing Leadership and coaching to your Neighbourhood team
- Managing the day-to-day operations, ensuring quality service delivery to our clients
- Driving the growth of the local portfolio, including service enhancements to ensure care offerings are appropriate to client needs.
- Performance management of the Neighbourhood, including adhering to KPIs and reporting
- Driving team culture and wellbeing
Role
You’ll be an experienced leader performing within a health, community or aged care environment. You’ll be an advocate for person-centred care, leading by example through exceptional communication and customer service. You’ll bring to the role:
- Ability to provide leadership, coaching and support to your team
- Experience coordinating care provision within a large team
- Confidence to manage conflict, pressures and competing priorities
- Qualifications in a health, community service or other relevant discipline or equivalent community sector experience.
- Australian Drivers Licence
Employee Benefits
- Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum
- A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
- 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
- Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
- Career development opportunities with one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference
Joining the state’s largest network of aged care workers with its over 8,000 strong, bright team in blue, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. With more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, you are part of something bigger. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.
Child safe, Child friendly
UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:
- Provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children
- Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
- Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur
Our approach is simple –everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position. For additional support and to meet our RAP Team, email reconciliation@ucareqld.com.au
Safe workplace
We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.
Salary : $2,650 - $15,900