St Marks - Activity Assistant Volunteer in Aged Care, Chermside

St Marks in Wheller Gardens Aged Care Community at Chermside is seeking volunteers to assist with the resident lifestyle program. This program includes bingo, crafts, happy hours, ice cream socials and so much more!

These activities assist residents with socialising, promoting a sense of well-being and encouraging community connectedness. Most importantly they bring joy and create smiles!

Activity Assistants can help residents by:

• Assisting staff with preparing and facilitating daily activities.
• Assisting staff with tidying up after activities.
• Providing companionship to individual residents.
• Being spontaneous and sharing life experiences and your own skills.
• Communicating resident feedback back to staff to assist in improving both the activity and resident enjoyment.

This role is suitable for people who have well developed interpersonal skills, excellent communication skills and display a calm and empathetic manner when engaging with residents with dementia. Volunteering is a wonderful way to make a difference in the lives of our senior residents while making friends, having fun and learning new skills.

Volunteer hours are available in a range of shifts including mornings, afternoons and full days between the hours of 9am until 4pm Monday to Friday. Volunteer times are negotiated prior to commencement.

This program is located within the Wheller Gardens Aged Care Community where the residents enjoy a wonderful sense of life, fun, and friendship.

Wheller Gardens is a welcoming and rewarding place to volunteer where you will meet many wonderful people and learn great new skills that may assist you both personally and professionally. There are lots of other benefits to volunteering with us as well, such as:

• Great education opportunities
• Access to online and face-to-face wellness advisors
• Invitations to social events
• Being part of a team that really is making a difference in the lives of seniors in our Aged Care Communities.

All our volunteers follow a COVID-19 safe work plan and provide proof they have received a minimum of one primary COVID-19 vaccination before they are registered in their role.

Volunteers will also be required to have a current NDIS Workers Screening Clearance prior to commencement. This can be applied for through Wesley Mission Queensland at no cost to you.

We look forward to hearing from you!