Activity Worker
Job No:
Cultura16
Location:
Greater Geelong
Position summary
The role is to plan and implement quality creative and stimulating activities based on individual and group interests for aged support clients at the Healthy Living Centre. This position will work under general supervision from the Manager, Centre-based and Advisory Services.
You will perform work under general supervision and have contact with the public or other employees which involves explanations of specific procedures and practices. You will require personal judgment and be accountable for the quality, quantity and timeliness of their own work.
Duties
- Contribute to planning and deliver creative, stimulating and person-centered activities for aged support clients.
- Drive clients to and from the community centre and on outings within the region;
- Complete and maintain client records including file notes, support plans and client reviews. Also document daily activities calendars, relevant changes and positive feedback service and opportunities for improvement of service delivery;
- Participate in appropriate professional development;
- Liaise with carers and other service providers as required regarding client needs/choices;
- Assist with client’s personal care requirements, client mobility, transferring clients using appropriate techniques and equipment, preparation of meals and in providing a dementia friendly, safe and pleasant homelike environment;
- Follow protocols for accidents, incidents, safe work practices and monitor the general health status of the clients and follow the established processes;
- Identifying potential candidates for projects i.e. Life Stories project, supporting clients to gather information, photos and entry into Big W books, purchase for archives.
Qualifications and Experience
Essential
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- Certificate III in Individual Support or equivalent;
- Current First Aid and CPR Certificate;
- Completion of the NDIS Worker Orientation Module ‘Quality, Safety and You’;
- Can promote the values of dignity, diversity, harmony, respect and acceptance when working with clients;
- Ability to understand and work with various clients to meet their individual needs/choices;
- Effective cross cultural oral and written communication skills, in particular, with people who are aged and frail and from multicultural background. With an ability to use interpreters if required;
- Relevant experience as an activity worker in aged support or other community setting;
- Ability to work individually or as a part of a team;
- Experience assisting with aged and frail client’s personal care requirements;
- Ability to contribute to the planning of engaging activities for older persons;
- Strong administration skills including writing file notes and updating plans;
- Current Victorian driver licence and willingness to drive company vehicles including 12-seater bus.
Desirable
- Food Safety Handlers Certificate;
- Understand the guiding principles for medication management in the community.
How to Apply
Answer the application questions and submit your resume after reviewing the position description.
Employment may be subject to the satisfactory completion of a Police Criminal Record Check, Working With Children Check and Pre-Employment Health Declaration. Cultura will pay for the costs associated with these checks, after you have commenced working.
We welcome applications from all diverse backgrounds including individuals that identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBTIQ+, and individuals with disabilities or culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted to arrange an interview.