Resident Mobility Assistants - Maitland
Resident Mobility Assistants - Maitland
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RESIDENT MOBILITY ASSISTANTS
- Located on the Yorke Peninsula at Maitland
- Permanent part time position
- Monday to Thursday 9:00am 5:00pm
Eldercare is a leading notforprofit aged care provider in South Australia with 13 residential aged care homes. Our workplace culture embraces teamwork innovation and a dedication to our purpose of delivering peace of mind with our care.
At Eldercare we know that older people in our care want to remain as healthy and independent as possible. The Resident Mobility Assistant is a role that will work closely with our Physiotherapists Occupational Therapists and Wellbeing Consultants to support the mobility and activity of our residents.
You will assist residents to participate in exercise and physical activity and achieve reablement goals. You will spend 1:1 time with residents helping them toaccess spaces within the facility including outdoors. You will support residents to participate in events and activities and engage in important social connection.
To be successful in this role you will:
- Have existing working rights in Australia
- Possess a Certificate III or IV in Allied Health Assistance Health & Leisure or Ageing Support or Certificate III in Individual Support (or equivalent)
- A genuine passion to provide care that is personcentered
- The ability to work individually and in a team
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Enjoy building positive relationships with residents and staff
If you want to join our inspiring team we can offer you:
- Attractive staff benefits such as salary sacrificing
- An opportunity to contribute to the care and quality of life for our residents
- A valuesdriven organisation
- A great team environment with variety in the role
- Ongoing professional development in a caring environment
- Modern facilities with onsite parking
Eldercare encourages you to apply if you are a committed and resultsdriven individual who is passionate about delivering highquality outcomes whilst modelling the behaviours underpinning Eldercares values of respect accountability and connection.
To view a job & person specification for this role click here.
For further information please email Melissa Kester Recruitment Consultant on please note applications sent via email will not be accepted.
To work for Eldercare you are required to have a police clearance valid for working in aged care (unsupervised contact with vulnerable people) and the clearance needs to be less than 12 months since date of issue.
As per Eldercares Employee Immunisation Policy all Eldercare employees are required to:
- Be vaccinated against seasonal influenza by no later than 1 June each year
- Be vaccinated against COVID19 as per current ATAGI guidelines
Exemptions on a temporary or permanent basis can only be approved by Eldercares Chief Executive.
Eldercare welcomes and respects the diversity that our residents staff and volunteers bring. Regardless of their culture religion spirituality age gender sexuality disability socioeconomic background or personal experiences our people are included and respected.
Eldercare is proud to be a Rainbow Tick accredited organisation. We are committed to supporting our lesbian gay bisexual transgender and intersex (LGBTI) residents staff and volunteers to ensure they feel included and safe.
Eldercare encourages respectful relationships and does not accept any form of gender based violence in the workplace. Eldercare is committed to preventing violence against women and is proud to be a White Ribbon accredited workplace to support victims of abuse.
All employees can expect to receive fair and equal treatment and to be free from discrimination in all aspects of their life with Eldercare.
Eldercare is proud to provide a smokefree environment across all sites.
Employment Type
Full-Time
