Lifestyle Assistant (internal Only)

Job Title: Lifestyle Assistant (Internal Only)
Job Type: Part Time  Opportunity 
Location:  Whyalla – Copperhouse Court
Closing Date: Thursday 6th April 2023                              

 

Love what you do. Love where you work.

 

Benefits & Perks

• Salary package a maximum of $15,899 tax-free each year
• Access to a Meal Entertainment and Holiday Accommodation Card provides you with an additional $2,650 tax-free per year
• 17.5% annual leave loading 
• Discounted Private Health insurance via salary sacrifice
• Ongoing training and development opportunities
• Be part of a values-based organisation that reflects those values in our decision-making, service models, and accountability throughout the organisation
• EAP – employee assistance program

  

About the role

Helping Hand is seeking a permanent part time Lifestyle Assistant to join the Residential team at Copperhouse Court.

The Lifestyle Assistant is responsible for identifying and facilitating the provision of a range of activities for residents, and other clients, which contribute to their social, emotional, spiritual, and psychological wellbeing. Activities include one-to-one, small group, large group, community linkages, outings, and specialist services. Reporting to the Lifestyle Services Coordinator, this role is focused on assisting residents to maintain a high quality of life. Lifestyle Assistants work as part of a multi-disciplinary team that includes nurses, allied health, lifestyles, and hotel services. This role works with a range of team members and will be required to adapt to working with different people. 

 
About you

• Ability to communicate with a range of people including older people, staff, volunteers, and visitors, particularly in relation to care of residents
• Good written communication including routine documentation related to case notes, routine correspondence and the reading and interpretation of care information
• Able to demonstrate good time management and prioritising of tasks 
• Ability to relate and empathise with a diverse range of people
• Can demonstrate ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to personalise the service: identify what is important to each individual client, and include this into their daily care routine
• Demonstrate ability to adapt and use a variety of ways to support individual clients according to their needs and preferences
• A certificate or equivalent related to Lifestyle Services
• Current First Aid Certificate

Please note the following requirements for work in the Aged Care Sector:

• Current Influenza vaccination
• Current National Police Clearance 
• NDIS Workers Screen – Clearance

 

About us

Be part of a vibrant, inclusive, friendly organisation that genuinely cares for its staff.  Helping Hand is a not-for-profit organisation offering in-home help, retirement living and residential care to over 7,000 older South Australians in Adelaide and regional South Australia. Our staff does more than simply treat the physical needs of the people they care for. They are skilled, patient, respectful and kind, forming relationships with their clients, assuring them, caring for them, and protecting them.

Our diverse range of services allows people to choose to stay at home and receive assistance, downsize to a retirement living unit or move into one of our eight fully accredited residential facilities. Through our team of more than 1,900 staff, Helping Hand supports over 7,000 clients throughout metropolitan and regional South Australia. 

Helping Hand provides guidance to our workforce to support diversity, inclusion and belonging through The Helping Hand Way and our specific projects in the areas and communities of LGBTQIA+, Cultural Diversity, Forgotten Australians/Care Leavers, gender equality and family and domestic violence.