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📃 This volunteer opportunity will help to provide calming and vibrant spaces that provide opportunities for gentle exercise, relaxation, exposure to nature & social interaction for residents & visitors. 

🌟 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.🌟

Gardens are not merely landscaped additions to an aged care facility, they are vibrant spaces that nurture the physical, mental, social and emotional well-being of residents, leading to a higher quality of life. 

Leafy Legend volunteers support by our Gardening and Maintenance Team by participate in a variety of gardening activities from planning and planting to nurturing and harvesting. 

📍Location: BlueCare | Labrador Gardens Residential Aged Care Facility, 83 Muir Street, Labrador Qld 4215 

👉🏼 About Us: Labrador Gardens is a modern 160 bed facility. It has extensive grounds that incorporate various indoor and outdoor green spaces. There are shady seated areas, wide pathways, courtyards, raised garden beds and indoor glasshouses, all which encourage Residents to interact with nature in different ways. 

The gardens offer residents accessibility to a wide variety of plant life that includes a mix of flowers, low maintenance greenery, vegetables, herbs, etc.     Plants with diverse textures, fragrances and colours are also incorporated to stimulate the senses and encourage exploration. 

There is a coffee shop on the ground floor of the main 2 storey building which offers a delicious and very affordably priced array of fresh sandwiches, hot food and snacks.    The maintenance/gardening team have a brand-new work shed, just outside the main building. 

Parking is available onsite and there is also ample parking in the surrounding streets. 

✅ What you’ll be doing: 

🎁 What’s in it for you? 

🕑 Times: Times are negotiable within the hours of 8:00 am to 4:00 pm 

💍 Commitment: Get started from as little as 1-2 hours fortnightly 

📅 Days: Weekdays 

☑️ Skills and experience important for this role include: 

       ▪️ no previous gardening experience needed but must enjoy working outdoors 

the ability to work well with your hands 

to be thorough and pay attention to detail 

to be able to work in a team, with others 

to be able to take direction and work autonomously on small tasks 

the ability to use basic gardening tools - rake, spade, leaf blow/vac, wipper snipper, shears, hedger etc 

☑️ We’ll need to do the following checks before you start: 

🚙 Transport and Parking Options 

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.