Maintenance and Gardening Officer

Reputable, local government-owned aged care organisation
- Working with an experienced and friendly team
- Earn up to $15,899 tax free with salary packaging options

**About the organisation**

Set within beautiful grounds in the seaside suburb of Hove, Alwyndor delivers on-site residential living and support at home services, along with therapy and wellbeing services that empower the people in our communities to live healthy, engaged and fulfilled lives.

Alwyndor’s welcoming, high quality facilities include 144 residential, dementia, respite care beds, transitional and care awaiting placement beds, together with allied health, therapy and wellness programs and home support packages that support people in Adelaide’s southern metro communities.

**About the role**

We have an opportunity for an experienced Horticulturist/Gardener to join Alwyndor on a full time basis working Mondays and Fridays. No one day will be the same. You will provide and deliver a gardening/maintenance service to ensure our elderly clients are safely living in their own homes in the community.

This will mean you will perform general garden maintenance activities such as (but not limited to):

- Basic landscaping to ensure safety of clients
- Lawn mowing
- Tree & shrub pruning and weeding
- Removing of garden rubbish
- Basic irrigation
- Basic planting
- Eliminating pests

This role requires people who are excellent communicators who have a positive attitude/friendly nature with a flexible approach that enables you to build lasting relationships based on trust and commitment with all stakeholders, our clients, their families and members of your team.

**We want people who**:

- have a Certificate III in Horticulture or equivalent
- have proven demonstrable skills and experience in the provision of gardening services
- are responsible and well organised approach to work with the demonstrated ability to prioritise workload and tasks
- have genuine empathy and respect for and ability to work with older people and their family/carers
- are understanding of and compliance with confidentiality requirements
- are reliable, honest and trustworthy
- have the ability to complete documentation reliably and in a timely manner
- have the proven ability to work independently without close supervision
- have excellent interpersonal and written communication skills
- have a basic knowledge of legislation in aged care and the legal implications of actions taken, e.g. Elder Abuse, Code of Conduct and duty of care;
- have a basic understanding of the needs and strengths of older people

**To be considered for this role you must**:

- be prepared to undertake a police background check and a functional assessment
- hold a Current SA Drivers Licence
- comply with all mandatory vaccinations required by the government including current flu and COVID-19
- First Aid Certificate (can obtain on job)

Alwyndor is an equal opportunity employer. People from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.