Lifestyle Assistant

At the brand new 86 bed, Our Lady Mercy Place Harris Park, Mercy Health will bring its healthy ageing approach to the local community, delivering on a long-held vision by the local Maronite Catholic community to deliver better living for people as they age.
- As a Lifestyle Assistant, you will facilitate the process of empowerment and enable the residents to make choices and decisions which maximise their participation in leisure activities and experiences that suits our Residents’ individual needs and maintains their dignity.
- Supporting the Lifestyle Coordinator, you will assist in developing and delivering a range of events and activities according to the interests of residents, which build a sense of community. You will coordinate logistics of events and activities both on and off site, as well as liaise with volunteers and visiting specialists. You will be energetic and approachable, encouraging residents to get involved but respecting when they feel like resting. You will be a well-known face to residents and carers who will work with you to provide regular and one-off activities according to the interests of residents.
- To be successful in this role, you have a natural ability to form meaningful relationships and a genuine passion for community. You are a positive, proactive and highly organised individual with excellent communication skills. You may have experience in a customer service or hospitality role, in coordinating volunteers or in community development and creative fields.
- Certificate IV Lifestyle & Leisure
- Clear understanding of the lifestyle role
- Prior experience working in aged care in a smiliar role
- Excellent communication skills & relationship building skills

**ABOUT US**:

- Mercy Health is a Catholic organisation grounded in a 2,000-year tradition of caring for others. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Health is made up of more than 9,500 people who provide acute and subacute hospital care, aged care, mental health programs, maternity and specialist women’s health services, early parenting services, home care services and health worker training and development.
- Mercy Health is proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the WGEA.

**WHAT WE OFFER**:

- Mercy Health recognises that people are searching for meaning in their work life and finding a workplace that connects with their values is a key motivation when choosing an employer. As a not-for-profit healthcare provider, Mercy Health has a strong mission and clear values that guide us in everything we do. We pride ourselves on:

- Caring for our people and those important to them with generous employee assistance available for employees and their families
- Protecting children and vulnerable people in all our services, by listening to them and having zero tolerance of any form of abuse and neglect
- Taking a stand against climate change, which is one of the biggest threats to the health of the world and all humanity, and committing to action that will help make our world fairer and more sustainable
- Offering benefits such as generous salary packaging, purchased leave, career progression and development opportunities, access to health and wellbeing programs and a range of discounts across a diverse portfolio of financial, healthcare, travel and other services.

**WHAT YOU WILL NEED**:

- Proof of vaccination status consistent with public health orders and with Mercy Health’s policy (includes but is not limited to COVID-19 and seasonal influenza vaccination compliance requirement).
- Sonya Darwich, Service Manager

Sonya Darwich