Wellness and lifestyle coordinator (goolwa)

Do you have exceptional interpersonal skills and a passion for supporting older adults to remain engaged with their loved ones and local communities through Wellness & Lifestyle programs?

If so, a fantastic chance has arisen to join our Sandpiper Lodge Wellness & Lifestyle team in Goolwa to help support, enable and empower our residents to improve their health literacy and maximise independence and quality of life!

• Permanent Part Time position - 65 hours per fortnight; Mondays to Fridays: 9am - 4pm
• Salary Packaging benefits up to $15,900 annually to maximise your take home pay

In this role you will deliver wellness and lifestyle services and activities that empowers and support residents to engage in meaningful activities that improve quality of life and align with SCC's "Better for life" model.

• Supporting and enabling residents to maximise their independence, improving and maintaining their health, wellness and quality of life
• Using best practice and evidence based tools to plan and deliver high quality lifestyle and exercise services with the emphasis on person‐centred care and healthy ageing through goal setting, emotional support and health literacy
• Enabling participation in both community and facility activities of relevance to each resident
• Working as part of a multi‐disciplinary Early Intervention team to identify and develop Recovery Pathways for residents at risk of decline and frailty
• Undertaking audits to ensure all residential lifestyle programmes operate in accordance with Southern Cross Care procedure
• Supporting and coordinating staff, volunteers and students to deliver meaningful lifestyle activities and projects
• Implementing organisational projects to improve client outcomes as directed by the central Wellness and Lifestyle team

We are looking for people who will be the difference in the lives of our residents and clients.

• Diploma or equivalent in health promotion, social work, dementia care, health coaching, healthy ageing or leisure and lifestyle, and experience with auditing and reporting
• Demonstrated experience in the delivery and support of wellness and lifestyle programmes for older people
• Strong customer service focus with experience in undertaking regular consultation with clients and their families
• Good communication, organisation and relationship building skills
• Sound problem‐solving skills, particularly when balancing residents' desire for independence and self‐determination against potential risks and duty of care
• Good understanding of the requirements to support residents living with dementia, including those who display challenging behaviours
• Current Driver's Licence
• Proficient computer and keyboard skills and the ability to use Google Suite and in‐house databases

Applications close: 4pm on 25th of September 2024