Leisure and Lifestyle Coordinator, Vmch Ashwood - Villa Maria Catholic Homes

Villa Maria Catholic Homes

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Ashwood, Australia

1 week ago

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Olivia Brown

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Ashwood, VIC, Australia, 314- Part time

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Part-time (70 hours fortnight) position based at Ashwood:

Great culture with a fun, friendly team and supportive environment:

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Excellent Not for Profit Salary Packaging Benefits

About the role

We are looking for enthusiastic, friendly and self-motivated Leisure and Lifestyle Coordinator to support residents to participate in activities in line with their individual needs and care plan.

Working as part of a friendly and close-knit team, your focus will be:

Work with the resident to identify strategies and opportunities that maximise engagement and promote healthy lifestyle practices.
Organise activities for people living with dementia, which aim to maintain independence, using familiar routines and existing skills and promote healthy lifestyle practices and existing. skills
Use appropriate methods to assess resident's leisure and health needs according to specific purpose and under the guidance of an experienced worker.
Collect and review relevant information to establish the needs of residents, based on the leisure and recreation or relevant assessment.
Develop strategies to deal with challenging behaviour and to maximise resident participation in activities and evaluate effectiveness of strategies as indicated by the response.
Coordinate and supervise the Leisure and Lifestyle Assistants and volunteers in the provision of lifestyle services
Provide mentoring and supervision to all staff and volunteers in the provision of lifestyle programs based on the Montessori principles

Requirements:

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Certificate IV in Leisure and Health or equivalent:

Current First Aid Certificate
Previous experience working as a lifestyle coordinator preferably in an aged care facility
Demonstrated initiative and ability to be selfmotivated, work without supervision and promote a positive lifestyle environment
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Welldeveloped prioritisation and organisational skills with the ability to meet deadlines

Why VMCH?
Because the people we employ make it a great place to work In addition, VMCH will provide you with:

Excellent Salary Packaging benefits
A competitive salary
Ongoing professional development
A positive and supportive workplace culture
Employee Assistance Program
Employee Referral Incentive

About us

VMCH are a Catholic not-for-profit organisation, providing services including affordable housing, residential aged care, retirement living, community and disability services and specialist education to 7,600 people across Victoria.

We operate in over 50 locations, have 2,600+ employees and over 600 volunteers maintaining our 24/7 service to vulnerable people across Victoria.