Lifestyle & Therapy Assistant

Curtin Heritage Living is a not-for-profit provider of residential care, retirement living, and home care. We have a world-class residential care home on the beach in Cottesloe and a leading dementia specific cottage-style home in Mosman Park.

We are a small operator with big ideas. We strive to provide the very best in care. To do this, we strive to employ great people, and use innovation and technology to make work easier.

Your role

We are looking for lifestyle assistants to join our team at Marine Views Cottesloe on a part time basis.

• Undertake lifestyle activities and therapeutic interventions in partnership with residents and representatives, and in line with resident needs, care plans, duty statements, professional guidelines and organisational process.
• Contribute to activity and therapy planning.
• Act as a primary advocate for the resident and their representatives and ensure the dignity, privacy and freedoms of residents are upheld in line with the Charter of Aged Care Rights.
• Ensure activities are focused towards function ability and independence.
• Liaise with therapists, nurses and carers to ensure holistic, comprehensive delivery of care.
• Assist residents with ADL’s as required, providing both person-centred therapeutic interventions and practical supports in, order to promote independence and autonomy wherever possible.
• Assist residents in the dining experience including hands on assistance with meals.
• Document and report care interventions, observations, changes in needs and resident feedback in an accurate, objective and efficient manner.
• Ensure a clean, pleasant and welcoming physical environment.

You will need

• Energy, enthusiasm and innovation 
• Demonstrated aptitude to help improve the lives of older people.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment.
• Reliable and positive work ethic.
• National Police Clearance (current to within 12 months).
• Experience working in aged care, community services or disability services, ideally in a care, therapy or activity role.
• Certificate IV in aged care, community services, allied health (or equivalent).
• Well-developed verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience working in a client focused culture that values continuous improvement.

Benefits and perks included

• World leading work environment steps away from the beach
• Work as part of a passionate, supportive and experienced specialist team
• Salary packaging
• Discounted private health care rates
• Uniform provided