Where excellence meets opportunity - discover your next chapter with cohealth

• Part time (0.6 FTE), ongoing role
• Vietnamese/ Italian/ Mandarin language skills desirable
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation
• Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income

So why cohealth?

cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role

The Senior Lifestyle Support Worker delivers high-quality, person-centred programs for older adults and people with disabilities, including those with dementia. The role oversees the design and delivery of engaging, cost-effective group and individual activities and excursions that support client goals and foster community connection.

Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

Your duties include:

• Program planning and developing engaging, culturally relevant and age-appropriate activities
• Facilitating group activities and ensuring clients are engaged in meaningful ways
• Monitor, report and document individual client needs, changes in health and well-being, and progress against individual care goals
• Participant transport, including driving the centre car and mini bus
• Supervise and physically assist participant transport, including arrivals and departures from buses, cars and taxis

What cohealth offers:

• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Salary packaging to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers. Find out more on salary packaging here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Jobs-and-employment-types/Working-as-an-employee/Salary-sacrificing-for-employees/
• Novated Leasing available
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

• Minimum Certificate 4 in Leisure and Health or equivalent
• Current Level 2 First Aid certificate, including CPR, or willingness to complete
• Experience leading a team of Lifestyle professionals
• Vietnamese/ Italian/ Mandarin language skills desirable
• Proof of qualification to be sighted
• Victorian Driver's License required

Application Process

To download the PD, and to apply for this job go to: https://cohealthcareers.org.au/Current-Jobs & enter ref code: 6760565

You will be asked to upload your CV/ resume and Cover Letter as well as address the key selection criteria. We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received.

This campaign will close on 23 May at 10.00 PM.

If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Mike White: Mike.White@cohealth.org.au.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory • Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working with Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-employment declaration form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia.

Roles that are determined to be Risk Category A or B [staff that have direct and/or indirect contact with body substances and are at higher risk of occupational exposure to infections] will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza prior to commencement [A] or within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders for legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.