🎲 Activity Assistant (Gladstone)
💙 Volunteer to change lives. Yours included.
This volunteer opportunity will help to make a meaningful difference by engaging with residents and assisting the lifestyle team by contributing to the diversity of day to day activities.
🌟 Be part of a welcoming and diverse volunteer teams that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to supporting people to live life in all its fullness by valuing and respecting the unique experiences, perspectives, and contributions of every person, and by creating an inclusive, accessible, and supportive environment where everyone feels they belong. 🌟
📍Location: BlueCare, Edenvale Residential Aged Care Facility - Gladstone Qld 4680, 41 Glen Eden Drive, GLEN EDEN 4680
👉🏼About Us: Enjoy the ocean views as you experience alfresco bliss under our four pergolas, soaking up a laidback lifestyle at BlueCare Gladstone Edenvale Aged Care Facility.
This volunteer opportunity will help residents live life in all its fullness by engaging residents in activities and leisure opportunities. The social interaction, mental stimulation and physical activity that stems from these activities is a valuable part of our residents day and the care provided.
Activities usually run for 1-2 hrs in house. There are various activities you can participate in with our residents: gardening group, bingo, reminiscing, word games, active games, exercise group, craft, nail care with hand massages, special events i.e. concerts, show days, mother's day, father's day, anzac day etc. happy hour (fridays), morning teas & chats, 1:1 chats & visits in rooms / public areas.
✅ What you’ll be doing:
- Assist with activities.
- Interacting with residents participating in the activity
- Assisting residents to and from activities
- Visiting with residents 1-1 for conversation, reminiscence and friendship
🎁 What’s in it for you?
- Experience the joy of making a meaningful difference
- Enjoy social interaction with others
- To meet mutual obligations, student placement hours or other requirements
☑️ Skills and experience important for this role include:
- A special talent or interest not essential.
♿ This role is accessible for people using:
- A wheelchair or mobility device
- Accessible toilets
- An assistance animal
🚗 Transport & Parking Options: ▪ Onsite parking and/or free public parking is available ▪ Public transport close to the site is available, Bus stop is at front entrance to facility
Child safe, Child friendly
UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:
▪ Provide welcoming, safe and 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
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.
️❤️ UnitingCare’s Diversity, Inclusion, and Child Safety Statement ❤️
*UnitingCare is committed to child-safe practices and to building a volunteer workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We value cultural knowledge and lived experience, and we strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply. To ensure our team mirrors the diversity of the children in our care, We actively invite
volunteers from all backgrounds, including young people (15–24 years), people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds, people with disability, LGBTQIA+ individuals, and older people seeking purpose and connection.*
UnitingCare is committed to equitable access and will provide reasonable adjustments to support all applicants. Please advise us of any accessibility requirements at the time of your interview.