Wellness and Lifestyle Coordinator

Greengate has recently been awarded the Best Workplace 2020.

Lifestyle Coordinators have the best job in the world! You will be responsible for engaging with our aged care residents in a range of meaningful lifestyle and social activities. Your purpose is to bring fun and delight into their day and a smile on every face. To do this you will need to tailor activities and choices to meet the resident's cognitive and physical abilities.

You will be responsible for:

• Actively promoting and supporting Greengate's vision to enrich the lives of our aged care residents
• Encouraging resident choice and participation in individual and group activities
• Creating a positive homelike environment that promotes the delivery of social and recreational activities
• Planning events and lifestyle activities for residents, where possible involving the wider community, volunteers, and resident’s family and friends
• Conducting continuous resident assessments to gain a deeper understanding of each resident’s preferences, needs, current hobbies, and interests
• Providing direct resident care during activities such as bus trips, including assisting with personal hygiene and toileting
• Providing direct resident care in relation to assisting with meals service, mobility, and social support
• Ensuring resident safety during activities, including conducting environmental and activity risk assessments and designing a safe work procedure
• Promptly reporting any changes in resident health status to the Registered Nurse on duty
• Maintaining your duty of confidentiality relating to residents, volunteers and employees, ensuring that any confidential information that becomes known through the course your employment remains confidential
• Creating a positive work environment, demonstrating the Greengate values in your daily actions
• Engaging with all team members in a positive and respectful manner, welcoming a culturally diverse team and maintaining a cohesive team spirit
• Working to enrich the lives of our residents and make a positive impact within your team and the company

Our Values guide our decision making and behaviours, and are an accurate description of the culture and working environment you can expect within a Greengate village. They are:

Do the Right Thing

Play as a Team

Go the Extra Step

Create a Wonderful Experience

Successful candidates possess the following:

• Completion of tertiary qualifications - Certificate IV in Leisure and Health (Aged Care)
• Previous experience working within a residential aged care facility
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of workplace health and safety
• Proven ability to plan, implement and evaluate lifestyles choices for small groups or individuals
• Ability to empower and engage residents whilst they are living in an aged care environment
• Ability to assess residents' psychological, social and emotional needs to identify any barriers to participation in lifestyle activities
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Excellent interpersonal skills; experience interacting with a wide range of people
• Ability to establish and maintain professional and appropriate relationships with residents and their families/representatives
• Commitment to respecting the values, customs, preferences and spiritual beliefs of residents and their families/representatives
• Ability to read, write and communicate effectively in English
• Competent using computer systems, including Microsoft Outlook and eCase
• Genuine interest in working closely with elderly residents within an aged care environment
• Current Police Check Certificate (valid within last 12 months)
• Current Influenza Vaccination Certificate (valid within last 12 months)
• Current First Aid Certificate

Becoming a Greengate Employees brings a number of Benefits:

• flexible working hours, with shift patterns covering the morning and afternoon, 7 days per week
• modern working environment with the latest equipment
• discounted health insurance
• discounted gym membership
• discounted retail benefits at dozens of outlets
• paid parental leave
• paid loyalty leave benefits
• coffee club membership
• ongoing professional development
• genuine career opportunities
• free flu vaccination every year

If our values align with your own, and if you have a genuine interest in caring for the elderly, then come and join our team. Our high employee engagement scores of 80%+ tell us that our teams love working within our villages - we think you will too.