Recreation Team Leader - Huntleigh Home - Karori
RECREATION TEAM LEADER – Huntleigh Home
- Enjoy enriching the day to day lives of our residents
- Gain on-going training and qualifications while you work
- Oversight of our recreation team activities
Mo matou - About Us
When you join Presbyterian Support Central (PSC), you’re becoming part of something truly special, a not-for-profit organisation that’s been helping people for more than 115 years. Everything we do is about supporting people at the most vulnerable times of their lives, whether that’s an older person needing care and connection, or a family working through tough times.
PSC has two well-known service brands that lie at the heart of our mahi:
- Enliven: our positive ageing services that create age-friendly communities where older people have companionship, choice, fun, and purpose.
- Family Works: our social services supporting children and whānau through counselling, social work, life-skills and parenting programmes and safety services.
Conveniently located in central Karori, the modern and stylish Huntleigh Home overlooks a sunny central courtyard and residents enjoy the easy indoor-outdoor living. A highlight for many residents and visitors is the fabulous shop and café. Known as the Trading Post, the shop is run by residents and volunteers. You’ll often find avid conversations happening in the café.
Together, we make a lasting difference
Mō te tūranga - About the Role
As Recreation Team Leader you will plan and facilitate individual resident’s recreation plans and the overall recreation programme. You will also provide supervision of recreation staff and coordination of volunteers. This role is working 70 hours per fortnight working Sunday to Thursday, 9.30am to 17.00pm to oversee the recreational programmes within the home. Due to the nature of the work of the team, activities can occur across any day of the week, so a willingness and ability to work across the full week is an advantage.
The key aspects of the role:
- Oversight of our recreation activities for our hospital, rest home residents and our day service clients
- Supervision of the Recreation team's daily and weekly activity programmes
- Ensuring a high-quality recreation service providing rich and diverse experiences for our Elders
- Driving our van and safe transportation of residents and day clients
- Volunteer coordination - value and supporting our important team of volunteers
- Quality compliance to ensure standards are maintained and a continuous improvement approach is adopted
- Management of recreation budgets alongside the Home Manager
- Ensuring outings and activities are well planned and Health and Safety protocols followed
Mo koe - About You
As well as a passion for the wellbeing of older people, you will be enthusiastic but patient and well organised with great interpersonal skills. You will share our values of empathy, compassion, and respect. A commitment to Enliven’s Eden philosophy of care is a key component of this role.
Key Skills include:
- Experience in leading a team of recreation staff and/or recreation programmes
- You will hold a current National Certificate in Diversional Therapy and a current First Aid Certificate.
- Have flexibility to participate fully in life at our home, which may mean working outside of normal hours for events and celebrations, and to support specific activities at times
- A current full driver’s license is required as you will be driving the Enliven van.
Enliven offers a compassionate environment where upskilling and training are highly valued. We support our staff in gaining nationally recognized qualifications through paid study days and workshops.
Mō ō tātau painga - About our benefits
- Staff Wellbeing initiatives focused on a different aspect of personal health and wellbeing
- Working as part of a team of like minded people
- Discounted Southern Cross healthcare cover and further discounts from major NZ retailers and access to our free employee assistance programme
- Be part of a values based organisation that cares about it's staff while they care about our residents
- Free carparking
Come and find out what makes us a great place to work and how you can become part of that - APPLY NOW!
To discuss the role or for more information please contact Anna Pardillo on 04 646 2020.
Please note: please apply only if you have the legal right to work in New Zealand.
Applications for this role will take you to the advertisers site.
