Lifestyle Assistant / Personal Carer- Aged Care

The Role

We have an exciting and creative opportunity to join the Infinite Care team in the role of Lifestyle Assistant. This part timeposition reports to the Facility Manager with the supervision of our Lifestyle Coordinator at our Caravonica Waters Aged Care - Nursing Home | Infinite Care Care Home. This position is pivotal to the wellbeing and engagement of our residents and requires an up-beat and fun-loving individual to ‘bring to life’ our resident-centric lifestyle programs.

Our roles in Lifestyle may involve purely activities, while some roles are a combination of Personal Care and one-on-one resident support.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate, Implement and roll out Lifestyle programs and assessing the engagement and enjoyment of the resident
• Assist the Lifestyle Coordinator to develop Lifestyle programs
• Coordinate activities (internal and external to the facility) to cater for all aspects of our resident’s home environment including the social, religious and cultural requirements of each individual.
• Provide input during resident care assessments to enable individualised, holistic, resident-centric programs
• Assist with facility communications and have the primary role for organising all individual and facility celebrations (eg: Birthdays, Christmas, etc)
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with residents, families, facility team members, volunteers and local community groups
• Manage and document risk for the facility and ensure a commitment to continuous improvements. 

You will offer?

• High School Diploma or equivalent additional certifications or vocational training
• 1 year’s experience in a similar role and a Certificate 3 in Aged Care, Disability or equivalent.
• You will have innate empathy for our residents and be committed to continually improving the quality of care and the social environment provided to them.
• Have an ability to ‘Think on your Feet’
• Be IT and Tech savvy
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• A confident team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• A thoughtful, compassionate, collaborative, fun and positive approach with a creative flare and the ability to light up a room!
• Have a valid NDIS Workers Screening Clearance (or ability to apply via How to apply | NDIS).

Infinite Care’s Employee benefits;

• FREE mandatory & self-paced training modules throughout your employment.
• Earn extra income via Carefriends employee referral program (*unlimited referrals)
• Earn extra income via weekly shift bidding for extra shifts in your week.
• Ability to cross-skill into hospitality and resident engagement teams.
• Discounted Fitness Passport to access health and wellbeing sessions.
• Ability to span your career across our 17 homes nationally.
• Employee Assistance Program for family, financial and wellbeing support services.
• Discounted retail, fuel and technology items via Employee discounts provider – Flare.

Why Infinite Aged Care!

We are an Australian residential aged care provider with over 30 years’ experience in delivering quality aged care to the elderly. Infinite Care began our current aged care provider journey in 2014 after acquiring the Bonney Healthcare Group, a trusted provider in South Australia since 1988 with five existing facilities in Adelaide. As part of our vision to become a best of breed aged care provider, and employer of choice in the aged care sector, Infinite Care has continued to expand in recent years with facilities in South East Queensland, Cairns, New South Wales with more in the pipeline across Australia. Come join us to deliver on our purpose of Making Aged Care Great!!