At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead community services for older residents, ensuring they stay independent and connected.
- Company: Join Eyre and Far North Local Health Network, a supportive and inclusive workplace.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, relocation support, flexible hours, and wellbeing programs.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive environment with excellent growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in your community while developing your career.
- Qualifications: Experience in home care and strong communication skills are essential.
The predicted salary is between 82212 - 86180 $ per year.
Join Our Team as Community Services Coordinator for Port Lincoln and Lower Eyre!
Overview
Port Lincoln's older residents deserve to stay independent, connected, and at home for as long as possible. As Community Services Coordinator with Eyre and Far North Local Health Network, you'll make that happen - leading the delivery of the Support at Home and Commonwealth Home Support programs across Port Lincoln and the Lower Eyre Peninsula.
What You'll Be Leading
- Coordinate and oversee the day-to-day delivery of SAH and CHSP programs, ensuring service targets and contractual obligations are consistently met.
- Apply a primary health care approach to develop health promotion, illness prevention and community development strategies that support ageing in place.
- Supervise team members and work collaboratively across government, non-government and community partner organisations to deliver culturally appropriate, person-centred services.
- Plan, implement and evaluate program activities, maintaining compliance with relevant legislation, standards and funding agreements.
What You'll Bring
- Demonstrated experience in home and community care, applied in accordance with current standards of practice.
- Proven ability to deliver person-centred service models within a health-related field.
- Experience supervising staff and leading program planning, development and evaluation cycles.
- Sound working knowledge of the needs of older people, people with disability, and their carers.
- Confident use of Microsoft Office 365, including Teams, for service delivery and reporting purposes.
- Strong communication, problem-solving and conflict resolution skills, with the ability to manage a varied workload under minimal supervision.
About Us
With its ancient outback landscapes, boutique vineyards, oyster farms and Australia’s best-kept-secret surf coast, Eyre and Far North will inspire and energise you. The Eyre and Far North Local Health Network (EFNLHN) is responsible for the planning and delivery of hospital and health services over 337,626 square kilometres, taking in the Eyre Peninsula, western part of South Australia and north to Coober Pedy.
Why Join Us
- Make a real difference and feel like an important part of the community.
- Being part of Eyre & Far North means you will be supported both personally and professionally, can take advantage of education and training opportunities, will have access to flexible working hours and be part of an inter-professional approach to holistic health care.
- Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
- Wellbeing and counselling support: support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.
- Relocation support: relocation reimbursement of up to $15,000 may be available to people relocating for this opportunity.
- Employee recognition: supportive and collaborative work environment where your contributions are valued and recognised.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.
For more information about the role please refer to the role description provided below.
Application Closing Date: 6 November 2026 - 11:55PM
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