Supportive Care Advisor

Employer: Ballarat Hospice Care
Location: Ballarat
Type: Part Time
Closing Date:  28 October 2025

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Ballarat Hospice Care is seeking a compassionate Supportive Care Advisor to provide direct care and support to patients and their caregivers in their own homes, along the palliative care journey and into bereavement. You will deliver psychosocial and spiritual assessment, ongoing care planning, counselling, and liaise with services both within Ballarat Hospice Care and the wider community. 

Working closely with a multidisciplinary team, including volunteers, you will actively contribute to organisational meetings, community events, and education sessions. Some planned out-of-hours activities may be required.

Selection Criteria

We are looking for someone who has:

• Significant understanding of, and demonstrated commitment and energy for, the objectives, values and inclusivity of BHCI.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver person-centred care and work through issues associated with dying, death and bereavement.
• Demonstrated strong values-driven work style that encourages trust, initiative and best practice approach, with a commitment to working collaboratively to achieve agreed vision and objectives. 
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision, and as an effective team member and commitment to reflective practice and ongoing professional development. 
• Demonstrated ability to conduct psychosocial and spiritual assessments, and develop, implement and evaluate care plans to address the changing needs of patients and carers. 
• Demonstrated understanding of community support systems available to people requiring care in their own home. 
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills with well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• Demonstrated experience in facilitating group work and developing programs. 
• Highly developed administration and organisational skills, and high-level problem-solving knowledge of Microsoft Office software and familiarity with electronic information management systems and completing case notes electronically.

What is Offered

Ballarat Hospice Care offers a range of benefits including:

• Work in a supportive and collaborative team guided by compassion and professionalism. 
• Deliver holistic, home-based palliative care addressing physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs. 
• Access professional development, reflective practice and meaningful day-to-day impact.