Lead where an award-winning aged care provider shares your passion for quality home care!
Join our team as a Manager Respite Community Services based in our Community Services team!
Bring your wealth of knowledge and expertise in respite services, leading a person-centred model of care and promoting the wellbeing and lived experience of our guests and carers.
This is a great chance to take on your next role in your nursing career in aged care specialising in respite services!
Resthaven is one of South Australia's largest not for profit aged care providers, so you will personally benefit from our secure work environment.
We have a culture where high value is placed on the wellbeing of not only residents and clients, but employees too!
This is a
permanent full-time opportunity
and may require occasional out of office hours work.
What you will be doing:
You will be responsible for overseeing the care and services provided by the respite services team, the overall operations, and promotion of our respite services in the aged care industry participating in forums and events.
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 payand other discounts via our provider.
Four free physiotherapy treatments and massages per financial year
Access to our career development fund to continue your learning.
EAP program and support for you and your family
Flexible and supportive team environment.
You will have:
Ability to satisfy Key Personnel requirements for the Aged Care Act ****




Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
Knowledge and understanding of the Aged Care Act, Support at Home, CHSP and Strengthened Aged Care Standards
Experience in management of a health-related service delivery
Experience with supporting older people living with dementia
Demonstrated competence and interpersonal skills to enable effective communication with all levels of staff, management, and other organisations
Demonstrated ability to counsel staff and individuals, handle conflict, 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 person-centred focused 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 elderly people, their families, and carers
An awareness of and ability to effectively manage:
Work Health & Safety
Duty of Care
Client and Staff rights
Accountability requirements
Quality system
Ability to work effectively and cooperatively as a member of the Community Service Division
Demonstrated commitment to on-going professional development
Proficient in the use of the Microsoft Office applications including Word and Excel
For enquiries, please contact Kelli Witt, Senior Recruitment Business Partner-
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If you live our values of trust, dignity, and Respect, open the door to a meaningful career with Resthaven!
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📌 Manager Respite Community Services (South Australia)
🏢 Resthaven
📍 South Australia