Wellness and Lifestyle Coordinator

7 days ago


Adelaide, South Australia Southern Cross Care (SA, NT & VIC) Inc. Full time $104,000 - $130,878 per year
  • Be the difference. Enjoy great rewards and benefits

  • Salary packaging to maximise your take-home pay

  • Employee well-being program with great discounts
  • Fixed Term Full Time (18/08/25 - 31/12/2025)

About the role

In this role you will deliver wellness and lifestyle services and activities that empower and support residents to engage in meaningful activities that improve quality of life and align with SCC's "Better for life" model.

Key Responsibilities include but are not limited to;

  • supporting and enabling residents to maximise their independence, improving and maintaining their health, wellness and quality of life
  • using best practice and evidence based tools to plan and deliver high quality lifestyle and exercise services with the emphasis on person centred care and healthy ageing through goal setting, emotional support and health literacy
  • enabling participation in both community and facility activities of relevance to each

    resident
  • working as part of a multi-disciplinary Early Intervention team to identify and develop Recovery Pathways for residents at risk of decline and frailty
  • undertaking audits to ensure all residential Lifestyle programs operate in accordance with Southern Cross Care procedure
  • supporting and coordinating staff, volunteers and students to deliver meaningful lifestyle activities and projects
  • implementing organisational projects to improve client outcomes as directed by the central Wellness and Lifestyle team

For further details regarding the scope of the role, please refer to the position description.

About you

We are looking for people who will be the difference in the lives of our residents and clients.

The successful candidate will have the following skills and experience;

  • minimum Diploma level qualification in health promotion, social work, dementia care, health coaching, healthy ageing or leisure and lifestyle
  • demonstrated experience with auditing and reporting, documenting person centred assessments as well as planning, developing, implementing and evaluating wellness and lifestyle programs for older adults
  • sound best practice skills for early identification of social withdrawal and decline and case management to improve resident outcomes
  • good understanding of the requirements to support residents living with dementia including those who display challenging behaviours
  • strong customer service focus with experience in undertaking regular consultation with clients and their families
  • exceptional communication, organisational and relationship building skills
  • sound problem solving skills particularly when assessing balancing supporting resident's desire for independence and self determination to make their own choices against potential risks and duty of care
  • current Driver's Licence
  • proficient computer and keyboard skills and the ability to use Google Suite (e.g. Docs, Sheets, Gmail etc.) and various in-house databases

About us

Southern Cross Care is one of Australia's leading charitable aged care, health and retirement living service providers. We value the diversity in our team, live and breathe our values of Service, Courage and Compassion and offer salary packaging benefits to maximise your take-home pay.

When you work for us, we value you as an individual, care for your wellbeing and develop your skills to help you build your career. We reward creativity and provide the stability and flexibility you need. When you work for us, you work better for life.

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Applications close: 02/10/2025 at 4pm



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