Care Partner – Lead

The Care Partner Lead provides leadership coordination and practice support to Care Partners delivering culturally safe independence-focused services to Elders and Aboriginal people living with disability. The role embeds wellness reablement cultural safety and self-determination across CHSP HACC-PYP and Support at Home while overseeing safety risk monitoring and appropriate escalation to the Clinical Nurse Lead. This is a non-clinical leadership role focused on coordinating mentoring and supporting the Care Partner team to work within scope and deliver high-quality care.

Organisational Profile

GEGAC is an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation based in Bairnsdale Victoria. Consisting of about 190 staff GEGAC is a Not-for-Profit organisation that delivers holistic services in the areas of Primary Health Social Services Elders & Disability and Early Childhood Education.

GEGAC advocates for the self-determination of the Aboriginal community by prioritising services that enhance social emotional and spiritual wellbeing with culture at the heart of everything we do.

Position Purpose

The Care Partner Lead provides leadership workflow coordination and practice support to Care Partners delivering culturally safe independence-focused services to Elders and Aboriginal people living with disability.

This role ensures that wellness reablement cultural safety and self-determination are embedded across:

CHSP (Personal Care Social Support Domestic Assistance Respite)

HACC-PYP supports

Support at Home (non-clinical components)

Support at Home transition requirements

Everyday safety risk monitoring and concern identification

The Care Partner Lead ensures Care Partners work within scope follow support plans and escalate clinical concerns to the Clinical Nurse Lead. This is a non-clinical leadership role that coordinates mentors and supports the Care Partner team.

Key Selection Criteria

• Demonstrated experience supporting older people to live independently at home.
• Understanding of the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards and rights-based care.
• Experience delivering reablement wellbeing and independence-focused practice.
• Ability to support older people with diverse and more complex needs.
• Strong coordination navigation and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to guide and mentor staff and build team capability.
• Strong documentation planning and organisational skills.
• Demonstrated understanding of safety early risk identification and safeguarding.
• Excellent communication relationship-building and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications and Registrations Requirement (Essential or Desirable).

• Certificate IV (or higher) in Community Services Aged Care Individual Support Disability Social Services or related field. ESSENTIAL
• Additional training in reablement goal-based support Support at Home or service coordination. HIGHLY DESIRABLE
• Experience in program leadership or mentoring others. HIGHLY DESIRABLE
• Ability and willingness to maintain current First Aid and CPR certification to ensure safe response to incidents medical changes falls or emergencies in client homes. ESSENTIAL
• Valid Drivers Licence: A current and unrestricted Victorian Drivers Licence is essential as the role involves regular travel across the Gippsland and East Gippsland region to engage with community staff service sites and external stakeholders. ESSENTIAL
• A satisfactory Victorian Working with Childrens Check and a satisfactory National Police Check (Aged Care / Vulnerable Persons Sector) and NDIS Worker Screening Clearance ESSENTIAL
• Ability to meet occupational vaccination requirements for workers supporting vulnerable people including providing evidence of immunisation history and recommended vaccinations and proof of COVID-19 vaccination to align with GEGAC requirements ESSENTIAL
• A person of Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander background DESIRABLE

How to apply for this job

A copy of the position description can be obtained by copying and pasting this URL into your browser: copy of the position description can also be obtained by emailing

Applicants must address the key selection criteria for shortlisting.

Any applications that have not addressed the key selection criteria will not be considered during the shortlisting process.

Applications can also be emailed to

Applications close 5pm Sunday on 11 January 2026

No late applications will be considered (unless under exceptional circumstances).

A valid Working with Children Check and Police check is mandatory to work in this organisation.

this advertisement is pursuant to the special measures provision at section 8 of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth).