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📃 This volunteer opportunity involves being part of the lifestyle team at Grevillea Gardens, supporting residents through meaningful activities by assisting with group and one-on-one engagement 

🌟 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, Grevillea Gardens Aged Care Facility, 23 Ramsey Rd, Southside, Gympie

👉🏼 About Us: Working at Grevillea Gardens, you will be part of the lifestyle team. The lifestyle team supports the residents with meaningful activities designed to provide social interaction and purpose. Duties will involve bringing residents to and from activities, helping with the scheduled activity, visiting residents on a 1-1 basis, accompanying residents and staff on group outings.

✅ What you’ll be doing:

• Assisting residents to and from scheduled activities

• Helping staff during group activities

• Spending time with residents on a one-to-one basis

• Accompanying residents and staff on group outings

• Providing friendly, social support to residents during activities

🎁 What’s in it for you? 

▪️ Experience the joy of making a meaningful difference 

▪️ Improve mental health and personal well being 

▪️ Do something new and different 

🕑 Times: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

💍 Commitment: Get started from as little as 3-4 hours Weekly 

📅 Days: 

☑️ Skills and experience important for this role include: 

▪️ Good verbal communication skills with diverse residents

▪️ Sense of humour

▪️ Willingness to engage in groups 

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

🚙 Transport and Parking Options 

♿ This role is accessible for people using: 

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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.