Wellness Partner

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Facilitate group and one-to-one activities supporting physical, emotional, social and cognitive wellbeing.
• Build respectful relationships and encourage resident independence, dignity, choice and meaningful participation.
• Collaborate with care teams, families, volunteers and service leads to meet resident needs.
• Support volunteers and seek resident and family input to improve programs.
• Complete supervised lifestyle assessments, maintain records, and report wellbeing changes through escalation processes.
• Prepare safe activity spaces and equipment; follow relevant safety, infection-control, manual-handling and emergency procedures.
• Share feedback and observations to support continuous improvement.

Candidate requirements

• Certificate IV in Leisure and Health or equivalent.
• Experience delivering group and one-to-one activities in aged-care or community settings.
• Practical experience facilitating creative, social, cognitive and physical activities.
• Understanding of dementia care, person-centred practice, cultural safety, infection control, manual handling and aged-care quality standards.
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams and building trusting relationships with residents and families.
• Able to adapt activities for residents with cognitive or physical limitations.
• Satisfy relevant legislative or organisational probity checks.

Pay and remuneration

• Remuneration is $39.21 per hour, plus superannuation, not-for-profit salary packaging, penalties and allowances.

Schedule

• Permanent part-time: 60 hours per fortnight.
• Must be available to work weekends where required.

Benefits

• Salary packaging options are available for everyday expenses and meal entertainment.
• Benefits include a recognition and rewards platform, parental and partner leave after six months' service, inclusion leave, career development opportunities, wellbeing support and an employee assistance program.

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