Care and Activities Assistant

Award-winning and innovative Aged Care Provider, recipient of Xref's "Best Workplace Award 2023," "Engage Change Champion Award 2023," and the winner of the Clinical Education Program Future of Aging Award 2024.

Supports regular permanent shifts that enhance work/life balance.

Comprises a team of 120 onsite Allied Health professionals across 13 specialties.

Permanent part-time (30 hours per week).

Montefiore in Woollahra is recruiting for the position of Care and Activities Assistant. This permanent part-time role works Monday to Friday and reports to the Executive Care Manager. Your role is a hybrid of personal care tasks and leisure and lifestyle activities, spending 50% delivering personal care services and 50% for Wellbeing Programs and implementation.

You will:

• Provide safe, respectful, and personalized support with daily living and personal care, aligned with Montefiore's Mission, Vision, and Values.
• Work under the guidance of the Leisure & Lifestyle Therapist to enhance residents' emotional, social, and psychological wellbeing through meaningful leisure and lifestyle activities that foster dignity, engagement, and quality of life.
• Deliver person-centred care in every interaction, ensuring each resident feels heard, valued, and supported.

To be successful you will demonstrate the following:

• Certificate III in Individual Support (CHC33021).
• Certificate IV Leisure and Health (preferred).
• Cert IV in Ageing Individual Support (Ageing) or equivalent (Preferred).
• Previous experience in an aged care health care setting (preferred).
• Understanding of aged care standards and person-centred care.
• Experience facilitating group and individual activities that promote wellbeing, social interaction, and cognitive stimulation.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Empathy and sensitivity to the needs of older people.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Commitment to continuous improvement and professional development.
• Ability to follow care plans and complete required documentation.

About Us: Montefiore is an award-winning, Sydney-based aged care provider with a 135-year history as a non-profit organisation founded on Jewish values. We support older members of the community to live with choice, dignity and wellbeing through trusted residential care, flexible home care and luxury retirement living.

What we offer: A competitive remuneration package that includes NFP salary packaging, generous leave entitlements (including 5 weeks of annual leave and 12 ADOs per annum), and a highly supportive workplace culture with a genuine passion for continuous improvement and excellence.

To find out more about what we do and to apply online, please visit our website:

All offers of employment are dependent upon successful completion of the organisation's pre-employment check process, including but not limited to obtaining a Criminal Police Check.

Please note that applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as applications may be reviewed prior to the closing date. As such, the closing date is subject to change without notice.

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