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Employee Benefits

Employee Benefits

Salary Packaging

Better Health Network (BHN) employees are eligible for salary packaging. Salary packaging is an Australian Taxation Office approved means of restructuring your salary to reduce your taxation. This is provided through our partnership SalaryPackagingPLUS. Salary packaging enables you to pay for certain items out of your pre-tax salary, including:

  • everyday living expenses including mortgage, rent or credit card payments
  • meal entertainment expenses
  • holiday accommodation and venue hire
  • the finance and running costs of your car through Novated Leasing with LeasePLUS
  • and other work related expenses.

Employee Support

We are committed to ensuring all employees have access to services and programs that provide support and promote a healthy lifestyle.

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

  • This program provides care and support to any employee who requires assistance as a result of stress such that their work performance and / or wellness are being affected.

Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM)

  • This program provides care and support to any employee who requires assistance as a result of direct or indirect involvement in operational activities and community disasters.

It is a free service for employees offering appointment-based counselling sessions, with follow up and referral for ongoing counselling where appropriate.

Equal Opportunity Employer and Rainbow Tick Accredited Organisation

Better Health Network is an equal opportunity employer who encourages and supports individuals of diverse backgrounds including those from the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and LGBTI+ community to work within the organisation.

We are proud to be one of the first agencies in Australia to achieve the rainbow tick through Star Health and will work to expand accreditation across our organisation.

Conditions of Employment

Better Health Network advocates the wellbeing of employees through access to flexible work practices and a supportive workplace culture that is respectful to responsibilities outside work. By balancing organisational needs and work life commitments of individuals, a more productive environment is created which benefits the individual, the organisation and our clients.

  • Flexible Working
  • Request to vary employment status
  • Flexible return from maternity leave
  • Job Share
  • Quality Part-time Work
  • Time In Lieu (TIL)
  • Transition to Retirement

Flexible Working

Our flexible working conditions help you balance your work and home life. Many of our positions are full time, part time, or casual and there is the ability for flexible rostering in many areas.

Leave Provisions

  • Our generous leave provisions help provide work-life balance for you:
  • Accrued Days Off (ADO) – Most full time employees can accrue a monthly day off.
  • Annual Leave – A comprehensive break is available to you each year. Some positions attract a 5 week annual leave entitlement.
  • Purchased Leave (48/52) – Available for certain positions, employees can choose to reduce their pay and receive up to 4 weeks of additional annual leave, which assists with family caring arrangements.
  • Professional Development leave
  • Eligible employees can apply for leave to attend conferences, seminars and workshops; undertake research or higher education.

Employment Terms and Conditions

Better Health Network offers generous employment conditions through our multiple Enterprise Agreements. Our people have “better off overall” conditions when compared against competitor organisations that only offer Modern Award employment conditions.

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