Love the serenity of Adelaide Hills and creating with your hands? Volunteer at Oakfield Lodge Residential Care or Willow Fern Respite Care and help residents get creative too.
We offer a wide array of activities where your skills and passions can shine:
* Baking: Help residents create delicious treats (Thursday fortnightly 1pm-3pm).
* Bus Trips: Travel with the residents on bus trips and assist them on and off the bus. (Thursday fortnightly all day)
* Gardening/ Walking Groups: If you have a green thumb, help residents tend to their beautiful gardens, plant flowers and vegetables, or simply enjoy the outdoors with a stroll in the gardens (Wednesday 1pm - 3pm).
* Companionship: Enjoy one-on-one time with residents, whether it's a coffee chat, a leisurely stroll, or friendly conversation.
* Cafe Assistant: Prepare and serve coffee, tea, and light refreshments to our residents, staff, and visitors, creating a warm and welcoming environment.
* Knitting Group: Gather our residents to be creative together, share patterns and have a chat.
About us
Southern Cross Care has provided quality aged care and retirement living services to our community for more than 55 years. We offer residential aged care, support at home, health and wellness, respite and retirement living services across South Australia, the Northern Territory and Victoria.
We believe that every person has the right to experience a good quality of life and that no matter where you come from, life can always be better. That's why our vision is to support members of our community to be Better for life.
We're always looking for people who will be the difference in the lives of our residents and clients, and are committed to supporting our staff and volunteers to share in our vision.
Ready to Make a Difference?Apply now to become part of the Southern Cross Care Mount Barker community. Feel rewarded when seeing the residents' faces light up when they are able to contribute through creativity.