Leisure and Lifestyle Assistant
- Join the Leisure and Lifestyle team at Rural Northwest Health.
- Provide recreational activities for elderly residents.
- Promote emotional and psychological wellbeing.
Rural Northwest Health has opportunities for suitably qualified people to join the Leisure and Lifestyle team at our Warracknabeal campus. Suitable candidates will be passionate about working for the elderly by providing fun and meaningful recreational activities and programs, with a focus on promoting residents’ emotional, spiritual and psychological wellbeing and connectedness to the community.
The successful candidate will have:
- Passion for working with older persons and/or people living with cognitive impairment.
- Demonstrated experience delivering a range of activities that promote purpose, dignity and meaning for participants.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively autonomously and within a team environment.
- Demonstrated proactive learner and contributor to improvement activities.
- Minimum Certificate III in Aged Care or similar, or working towards relevant qualification.
- Current Level 2 First Aid certificate, or willing to obtain.
- Current Victorian driver’s license.
- Current flu vaccine
- Current Police Clearance and Working with Children Check or willingness to obtain
Preferred
- Bus license.
- Experience providing services to people living with dementia.
- Contemporary generalist knowledge and experience of older persons’ care.
What we can offer you
- Personal and professional development opportunities.
- Generous salary packaging benefits.
- Access to RNH’s Employee Assistance Program.
- A progressive, friendly and supportive team environment.
- $30.00 per hour (unqualified, IN31) or $32.92 per hour (qualified, IN32), depending on qualifications.
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