🌱 Social Activity Crew - Gardening (Gold Coast, Arundel)
💙 Volunteer to change lives. Yours included.
This volunteer opportunity will help preserve a beautiful, uplifting setting for residents by assisting the maintenance team with garden care, vibrant plantings, and keeping the outdoor spaces well-tended.
🌟 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. 🌟
👉🏼 About Us: Woodlands Lodge at Arundel is one of BlueCare's older residential aged care sites and is home to 60+ frail aged and elderly people with an additional 40+ beds for seniors requiring temporary accommodation while recovering from hospital. While it may not have the modern feel of a newly build facility it is filled with character, warmth and a homely atmosphere that are part of its individual charm.
Well established gardens and green foliage provide a beautiful outlook from every window and balcony. Bursts of colour bring joy and delight to residents, staff and visitors with plenty of spaces to sit back, relax and enjoy this much-loved lodge. In addition, there is on-site cafe located in a very charming rotunda providing a 360-degree view of the gardens with hand crafted items for sale and homemade jams and relishes.
📍 Location: BlueCare, Woodlands Lodge Residential Aged Care Facility, 29 Melbourne Road, Arundel Qld 4214
✅ What you’ll be doing:
▪️ Supporting the maintenance team with gardening tasks.
🎁 What’s in it for you?
▪️Experience the joy of making a meaningful difference
▪️E️njoy social interaction with others
▪️Do something new and different
☑️ Skills and experience important for this role include:
▪️Friendly, patient and enjoy social interaction and conversation
▪️An interest in gardening is desirable but not essential.
🚙 Transport and Parking Options
▪️Onsite parking and/or free public parking is available
▪️Public transport close to the site is available
♿ This role is accessible for people using:
▪️Accessible toilets
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.