Wellness and Lifestyle Therapist

Come join our dedicated Mount Carmel lifestyle team to help our residents improve their social, physical, spiritual and mental well-being!

• Be the difference. Enjoy great rewards and benefits.
• Permanent Part Time position available

• Mondays & Tuesdays: 9am - 4pm

You will have the opportunity to be the difference whilst enjoying great rewards including salary packaging benefits, Bupa Health Insurance discounts, discounted gym memberships and much more.
About the role
As a Wellness & Lifestyle Therapist you will deliver high quality Wellness and Lifestyle services to our residents to help them remain physically active and engaged with their loved ones and community.
Key responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to:

• Delivering Wellness and Lifestyle services and activities that empower and support residents to engage in meaningful activities that align with SCC’s Better for life model
• Empowering and enabling residents to maximise and improve their health, Wellness and quality of life
• Developing strategies and processes that enable residents to take informed risks to live the life they choose
• Contributing to early intervention programs to develop recovery programs that address lifestyle and wellness decline
• Listening to residents to ascertain that they are satisfied with the wellness services and support available to them

For further details regarding the scope of the role, please refer to our website or the attached position description.
About you
We are looking for people who will be the difference in the lives of our residents and clients.
The successful candidate will have the following skills and experience:

• Certificate IV in Leisure and Lifestyle or equivalent
• Demonstrated experience in the delivery and supporting the implementation of Wellness and Lifestyle programs for older people
• Previous experience working in an aged care environment or passion for working with older people, good communication, organisation and relationship building skills
• Sound problem solving skills particularly when assessing balancing supporting resident’s desire for independence and self determination to make their own choices against potential risks and duty of care
• Good understanding of the requirements to support residents living with dementia including those who display challenging behaviours
• Proficient computer and keyboard skills and the ability to use Google Suite (Docs, Sheets, Gmail etc.) and various in-house databases

About us
Southern Cross Care is one of Australia’s leading charitable aged care and retirement living service providers. We value the diversity in our team, live and breathe our values and offer salary packaging benefits to maximise your take-home pay.
When you work for us, we value you as an individual, care for your well-being and develop your skills to help you build your career. We reward creativity and provide the stability and flexibility you need. When you work for us, you work better for life.
Enquiries: sonam.yangkyi@southerncrosscare.com.au
Applications close: 4pm on Wednesday, 31st of January 2024