Residential Aged Care Group Facilitator

1 week ago

Toowoomba, Australia Lives Lived Well Full time

At **Lives Lived Well **, we’ve been treating and supporting young people and adults whose lives are affected by alcohol and other drugs for over 50 years. We also support people with mental health and gambling concerns and those transitioning from correctional centres.

**About the Program
**Join one of our newest programs in one of our fasted growing service portfolios Treatment services for people with mental health concerns in Residential Aged Care Facilities aims to enhance the quality of life for older people through improved access to primary mental health services within a person-centred stepped care approach.

This program will deliver in-reach health care services to residents in aged care facilities. Our services will target residents with a diagnosed mental illness or those who are assessed as at risk of mental illness. This is a hugely rewarding role where you can make a visible, lasting impact and improve someone’s quality of life.

The program is led by a compassionate, curious, and non-judgmental leader, passionate about supporting staff and asking, ‘why not, and what’s next?’

**Your opportunity
**As a Residential Aged Care Group Facilitator, you will complete a brief intake and assessment process to determine the residents’ suitability to participate in our groups and or recommend referral for those with higher support needs.

This is an autonomous role that involves regular travel within the region. You will travel to several aged care facilities and regularly run groups of 2 - 3 hours duration. The groups will cover topics such as understanding mental health, reframing strategies, mindfulness and enhancing social connectedness. The groups are grounded in acceptance and commitment therapy as a brief intervention, to support residents in and managing mental wellbeing independently and improve social, emotional and psychological health.

**Your responsibilities will also include, but are not limited to:
- Confidently facilitate training and group information sessions to participants.
- Engage with local providers, developing positive relationships, and building a local presence.
- Collect and administer outcome measures and provide feedback for continuous program improvement.
- Build rapport with participants, linking them to appropriate information and referral options where appropriate.Be the face of LLW and the program when visiting residential aged care facilities.

You will have the support of an experienced Team Leader, and Allied Health Practitioner - Social Worker in assessing referrals and receive further support within our existing multidisciplinary team.

This position would suit a new graduate or an individual with a nursing or nursing assistant background and relevant experience. This role will not provide ongoing counselling to participants, so you don’t need a strong background in providing this type of support.

**What you’ll bring
**To succeed in this role, there are some essentials you’ll need:
- Understanding of cognitive decline in the ageing population, and the effect on overall well-being.
- Ability to organize and deliver recreational activities and experiences to older persons alongside the ability to be creative and take initiative.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills to enable you to build effective working relationships with our key stakeholders.
- Proven effective engagement and communication skills with older persons.
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems.
- Ability to work collaboratively, cooperatively, and effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Possess the essential qualities of compassion, empathy, active listening skills and maintain a strong work ethic.
- Demonstrated understanding of mental health conditions and the mental health sector, especially in regard to older persons mental health.
- Hold an Australian Driver’s LicenceTertiary qualification (or working toward) in Social Work, Psychology, Social Science, Health, or a related field highly regarded.

**What matters most is that you’ll live and breathe our values, which means:
- You are humble, human, and full of hope.
- You show up and share.
- You ask: Why not? And what’s next?You leave a positive wake.

**While you support others, we’ll support you with some great benefits, including:
- An extra five paid leave days per year to support your wellbeing and work-life balance. (Pro rata for part time staff)
- Salary packaging to increase your take-home pay
- Regular clinical supervision, case conferencing and debriefings.Fitness Passport membership access to a wide range of gyms, pools, and fitness and leisure centres across Australia, at a discounted rate.

Check out more employee benefits for you and your loved ones on our careers page.

**Applications close: Friday, 10 January 2025
Suitable applicants may be contacted prior to the closing date.

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