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Wellness And Lifestyle Therapist

Southern Cross Care Inc.
Mount Barker Full-day Full-time

Description:

Help our residents improve their social, physical, spiritual and mental well-being through various Lifestyle activities and programs!

  • Be the difference. Enjoy great rewards and benefits.
  • 2 x Permanent Part Time positions available - various weekday & weekend shifts;
  • Weekday shifts are: 9am - 4pm and 3pm - 7pm
  • Weekend shifts are: 9am - 1pm

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 and socially 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;

  • minimum Certificate IV in Leisure and Lifestyle / Leisure and Health
  • sound understanding of the requirements to support residents in an aged care environment living with dementia as well as those who display challenging cognitive behaviours
  • exceptional communication, organisational 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
  • 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, health and retirement living service providers. We value the diversity in our team, live and breathe our values of Service, Courage and Compassion 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.

Apply online: www.southerncrosscare.com.au/careers

Enquiries: *************@southerncrosscare.com.au

Applications close: 17th of April 2025 at 4pm

31 Mar 2025;   from: uworkin.com

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