Wellness Lead/Leisure & Lifestyle Lead - Aged Care

BlueCare; Redcliffe; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Wellbeing programs

Parental leave

Diversity & inclusion

Job summary

BlueCare is seeking an experienced Wellness Lead to oversee the Wellness & Engagement Program across aged care homes. You will lead, mentor, and evaluate activities that promote independence, dignity and wellbeing for residents.

You'll collaborate with residents, families and care teams, design meaningful activities, and ensure programs meet individual needs while maintaining safety and compliance. Travel to multiple locations is expected.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Leisure and Health with extensive relevant experience.
• Current Queensland Driver Licence.
• Experience designing and delivering wellness programs in aged care, disability or community settings.
• Experience coaching, mentoring or leading staff/volunteers.
• Knowledge of person-centered practice, dementia care and cultural safety.
• Willingness to travel and cover multiple locations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, delivery and evaluation of wellness and engagement programs.
• Coach and support Wellness Partners and volunteers to deliver positive resident experiences.
• Develop meaningful activities that support physical, emotional, social and cognitive wellbeing.
• Collaborate with residents, families and care teams to ensure programs meet individual needs.
• Monitor resident engagement, wellbeing outcomes and program participation.
• Maintain accurate documentation and support continuous quality improvement.
• Build community connections and support events and special celebrations.
• Ensure activities and environments are safe and align with quality and compliance requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Staff coaching

Wellness program design

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Person-centered care

Dementia care

Cultural safety

WHS & risk management

Education

Diploma in Leisure and Health

Job description

Wellness Lead/Leisure & Lifestyle Lead - Aged Care

Remuneration: $40.39 p/hr + Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging + Penalties & Allowances

PLEASE NOTE: While you'll primarily be based at the site closest to you, this dynamic role offers the opportunity to support multiple locations as business needs evolve. Flexibility and a willingness to travel are essential to succeed in this position.

Make a meaningful difference with BlueCare

We're looking for an experienced and passionate leader who can create meaningful opportunities for residents to stay connected, engaged and living well. Through leading wellness programs and supporting a team of Wellness Partners, you'll help enhance quality of life and resident wellbeing every day.

About the role

As a Wellness Lead, you'll provide leadership and oversight of the home's Wellness & Engagement Program, ensuring activities are person-centred, inclusive and aligned with residents' goals, interests and abilities. Working closely with residents, families and multidisciplinary teams, you'll support meaningful engagement that promotes independence, dignity and wellbeing.

You will:

Lead the planning, delivery and evaluation of wellness and engagement programs

Coach and support Wellness Partners and volunteers to deliver positive resident experiences

Develop meaningful activities that support physical, emotional, social and cognitive wellbeing

Collaborate with residents, families and care teams to ensure programs meet individual needs

Monitor resident engagement, wellbeing outcomes and program participation

Maintain accurate documentation and support continuous quality improvement

Build community connections and support events and special celebrations

Ensure activities and environments are safe and align with quality and compliance requirements

Role requirements

Diploma in Leisure and Health with extensive relevant experience

Current Queensland Driver Licence

Experience designing and delivering wellness, lifestyle or engagement programs in aged care, disability or community settings

Demonstrated experience coaching, mentoring or leading staff and/or volunteers

Strong understanding of person-centered practice, dementia care and cultural safety

Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams

Knowledge of the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards, WHS and risk management principles

Confidence to satisfy the relevant probity checks required by legislation or organisational policies

We warmly encourage applications from First Nations peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people living with disability, and people of all genders and identities.

Employee Benefits

Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum

A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs

12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme

Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events

Career development opportunitieswith one of the most trusted community and residential care providers in Australia to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference

BlueCare is proudly part of the UnitingCare Family, we’d love you to be too

Joining the state’s largest network of aged care workers with its over 8,000 strong, bright team in blue, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. With more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, you are part of something bigger. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

Provide welcoming, safe & nurturing services for children

Implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services

Appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur

Abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple– everybody iswelcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values.We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.For additional support and to meet our RAP Team, email **************@ucareqld.com.au.

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.