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Job Description
Great People. Great Careers. Excellent Healthcare
DPV Health is a leading healthcare service provider delivering a wide variety of clinical community health and wellbeing services across Melbournes northern growth corridor. DPV Health has been awarded the Premiers Primary Healthcare Service of the Year in 2023 & 2024.
Our People are the foundation of DPV Health; they are what make our organisation thrive and the ones who create meaningful change in peoples lives. Over 700 professionals support and deliver excellent health care to our community at DPV Health. We are always looking for passionate driven great people to join our team and make a lasting impact. That is why we foster a workplace culture that is as rewarding as it is inclusive. We are committed to supporting Our People to lead fulfilling lives no matter who they are or where they are from - or where they are going.
Our workplace culture is committed to DPV Health values and celebrates workforce diversity reinforcing the positive approach we have to the way people contribute communicate engage and interact. Our People deserve to feel empowered and supported as they pursue their professional goals learn new skills and achieve meaningful milestones in their work. At DPV Health we foster an environment that promotes greater growth innovation and collaboration so you can feel elevated every day.
Our employee benefits connect recognise and support Our People acknowledging and valuing everyday contributions to the success and culture at DPV Health. We strive to ensure that Our People thrive at work and in all personal and professional pursuits. We invest in Our People proudly offering a diverse range of opportunities including knowledge sharing ongoing learning and development leadership development connectedness and celebration; these are key pillars in our culture.
Thats the DPV Health Way. For a full list of our benefits and more on great careers at DPV Health please see our website.
Description
Greatness starts here!
The Care Finder program was announced in the 2021-22 Commonwealth Budget as part of the Connecting Senior Australians to Aged Care Services measure. Care Finders will:
- Provide specialist and intensive assistance help people to understand and access aged care and connect with other relevant supports in the community; and
- Specifically target people who have one or more reason for requiring intensive support to interact with My Aged Care access aged care services and/or access other relevant supports in the Mitchell and Whittlesea shire
- Provide assertive outreach while building engagement and rapport with potential clients
- Guide clients through the assessment process and assist in obtaining Aged Care supports and services needed
Skills And Experiences
Bring your great everyday!
To be considered for this rewarding role you will have:
- Tertiary qualification in Human Services/Social Work or related profession and or previous experience in needs assessment care planning and/or case management
- Extensive knowledge of the aged care health and community services system and regulatory environment
- Experience in working with older people and their families/carers from a range of backgrounds and an understanding of the barriers they may experience in accessing aged care services
- The ability to work collaboratively and autonomously and build effective relationships
- Demonstrated experience in community networking and working collaboratively with external service providers to plan and provide consistent responsive and appropriate client focused services.
- Computer literacy and the ability to effectively manage a client data base
- High level problem solving exceptional customer service skills and analytical skills
- Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Office suite
- Knowledge of Carelink desirable
- Full Victorian Drivers Licence
Our Talent Experience
We kindly request you include a covering letter addressed to Sandra Reddy detailing your motivation for joining DPV Health and highlighting the qualities you bring to this position.
For further information please contact Sandra Reddy - Team Leader Aged Care Services on will be scheduled as they are received so please dont delay.
To view the Position Description please click here
Applications close 11th July 2025
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While were reviewing your application get to know us by visiting our website and on social media to explore how you can #bringyourgreateveryday.
DPV Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to ensuring we have an inclusive diverse and safe workplace for our staff and clients. To us diversity means people of any age family situation cultural and linguistic background sexual orientation gender identity physical sex characteristics ability or disability health life experience socio-economic situation faith spirituality and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background. We encourage all individuals to apply.
To learn about the assistance we can offer during the recruitment process your potential work environment access features of a location or if you require alternative formats to our process please contact
We will not be accepting applications from agencies for this position.
Employment Type
Contract
