Lifestyle Services Specialist

Excellent career opportunity - Permanent full-time role
- Competitive salary plus salary packaging benefits
- Join Australia’s largest Aged Care provider

Allity is now part of the Bolton Clarke Group (trading as RSL Care RNDS Limited)), one of Australia’s largest independent, not-for-profit providers of home care, retirement living and residential aged care, operating nationally and internationally. Allity now has 88 Aged Care homes across QLD, NSW, VIC, SA & WA.

We have one shared vision**:_make every day the best it can be_**. As a part of the team, you’ll have the opportunity to do just that, bringing empathy, respect and understanding to the lives of our residents.

We are seeking 2 passionate and experienced Lifestyle Services Specialists to join our team on a permanent full-time basis.

**The Role**

You will be the advocate for the Lifestyle Services Framework, responsible for providing direct support to the home’s lifestyle services team, using a continuous improvement approach to ensure best practice in program delivery and ensuring quality customer experiences in a sustainable way.

As required, take on roving responsibilities as the Lifestyle Service Coordinator in nominated Homes to ensure the continuity and compliance of lifestyle services as needed.

**You will be responsible for**
- Driving the Lifestyle Framework, ensuring to continually maintaining up to date industry knowledge to inform currency and relevancy of the program
- Supporting the development of creative and innovative programming approaches to ensure residents are offered quality, meaningful leisure programs activities and opportunities that enhance their quality of life
- Provide mentoring and coaching to Lifestyle Services Coordinators/Assistants to optimise productivity and efficiencies
- Assume the role of the Lifestyle Service Coordinator where assigned and be accountable to the homes lifestyle services department continuity throughout recruitment and leave.
- Ensure all systems, policies and processes are in place to support and monitor Homes in achieving consumer experience ratings goals and meet all regulatory compliance standards and legislative requirements.

You will be a problem solver with strong leadership and mentoring skills acquired whilst working in aged care or other human services or healthcare field.

You will have the experience to provide high quality Lifestyle Programs to improve resident wellbeing outcomes.

Strong yet adaptable communication skills coupled with your resilience and ability to prioritise, will see you succeed in this busy and dynamic role.

**Qualifications and Experience**

**Essential**
- Diploma / Degree in Diversional Therapy _or _Diploma in Lifestyle / Leisure _or _Cert IV in Leisure & Health
- Federal Police Clearance must be attained, and declaration made of any future charges or convictions that could potentially affect your role within Bolton Clarke.
- Ability to travel intra or interstate with overnight stays on short notice.
- Driver’s license required.

**Desirable**
- Certificate III in Aged Care and/or Bachelor’s degree in Health Science (Therapeutic Recreation)

**Our Team**

Reporting into the Customer & Communications team, we are seeking an experienced Lifestyle Services Specialist to take on a full time role supporting our network of Homes located across Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia.

We value and hold ourselves to a culture of teamwork, accountability, resilience, humility and having a great sense of humour always goes a long way

**What We Can Offer**
- We provide a work culture that values you and invests in your career
- Salary packaging options and tax benefits of up to $15,900 plus additional $2600 in entertainment per year available
- Allity Rewards - a huge range of employee benefits & range of discounts (300+)
- Professional development and career opportunities

Are you ready to make every day the best it can be? APPLY NOW