Lifestyle Assistant | Aged Care

The Opportunity

At Infinite Care, we pride ourselves on providing industry leading resident care and services which encourages and enables residents to remain independent with all employees working in our companywide safety-first workplace. Our Personal Carer & Engagement Worker (PCEWs) or Lifestyle Assistants are highly interactive supporting our elderly residents, their families and colleagues 7 days a week across AM, PM and Nightshifts.

This role based at Southern Gold Coast care home will be located at our Tweed Care home and will see you working closely with the nursing and resident engagement teams when performing your resident-centric care duties in a timely and compassionate manner surrounded by highly skilled and supportive senior carers and managers.

About You

At Infinite Care we hire for heart, so our best people are highly empathic, instil a strong work ethic and passionate about making a difference to the elderly. Ideally, you have worked in the Aged Care sector for at least 1 year and the ability to “think on your feet”, communicate effectively, build rapport, and maintain professional relationships with residents and co-workers alike.

- Qualifications in Certificate III in Individual Support (Aged Care) is desirable for this role, however given the nature of the role working across resident lifestyle activities a Certificate IV in Leisure and Health is also eligible.
- Hold the NDIS Workers Screening Clearance as this is essential to work in the Aged Care sector (*or willingness to obtain)
- Excellent safety awareness to avoid our residents tripping, falling or hurting themselves - you need to be their extra eyes and ears
- Very positive teamwork attitude, a trusted co-worker, excellent time management and always follow strict safety procedures to maintain a high standard of workplace safety.
- A passion for choosing a career where you can make a difference and willingness to help our company deliver quality of care services every day
- Display a positive, fun and confident personality to help our residents (*who sometime can be very shy) to get involved in lifestyle and group activities.

Employee Benefits - Why work for us?

- FREE mandatory & self-paced training modules throughout your employment.
- Earn extra income via Care friends employee referral program (*unlimited referrals)
- Earn extra income via weekly shift bidding for extra shifts in your week.
- Discounted retail, fuel and technology items via Employee discounts provider – Flare.
- Fitness Passport to access discounted exercise, wellness and sporting facilities e.g aquatic centres
- FREE Employee Assistance Program for family, financial and wellbeing support services.
- Ability to cross-skill into hospitality and resident engagement teams.
- Ability to span your career across our 17 homes nationally.
- Dedicated and structured workplace induction plan with an assigned buddy for your initial shifts.
- Companywide safety-first workplaces for our residents, families and staff.

Our care roles are busy Alot of bending, lifting, pushing and squatting to perform your duties safely. All candidates will be required to complete an online medical assessment to maintain personal and workplace safety standards.

Apply NOW

If this role sounds perfect to advance your career, we welcome your online application. If you meet the initial requirements of the role outlined above and have full work rights you will quickly progress to an online video interview to keep providing as much information about your motivations, experience and suitability to the role.

Infinite Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes applications from diverse candidates.

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