We are seeking caring, enthusiastic and creative Recreational Therapy Assistants to complement our multi-disciplinary team in providing excellent individual and small group therapy that enhances our Residents’ quality of life at our Randwick Campus.

Benefits of Working with Montefiore

• Full time hours, Monday to Sunday shifts available
• Different start times available
• We are award winning and innovative Aged Care Provider, including recipient of Xref’s "Best Workplace Award 2023" and "Change Champion Award 2023"
• Robust ongoing regular training program including dementia training
• Above industry standard staff ratios and a dynamic multi-disciplinary team (Registered Nurses, AIN's, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Music Therapists, Yoga Therapists, Art Therapists, Dance Therapists, Recreational Therapists, Dieticians)
• 12 weeks paid parental leave
• 5 weeks annual leave and 17.5% leave loading
• Additional accrued day off every month on top of your annual leave (for full-time employees)
• Competitive salary
• Salary Packaging; this is an ATO approved employee benefit that allows you to pay for certain everyday expenses with money from your salary before tax is taken out. Can include Everyday living expenses of up to $15,900 and Meal Entertainment expenses up to $2,650.
• Regular employee themed appreciation lunches and wellbeing events and an end-of-year party
• Robust employee recognition program
• Daily staff lunches
• Opportunities for mentoring and further career progression

The Role:

You will be responsible for developing and implementing recreational activity and engagement programs for residents, ensuring integration of the Philosophy of Living values. The programs are to promote resident’s abilities, self-expression and socialisation, and are to meet their recreational, social, cultural, spiritual, physical and cognitive needs.

You will use a holistic approach to contribute to develop, implement, deliver and evaluate “best practice” programs specifically designed for residents within the home, in consultation with the wider recreational team.

Your Experience

• Previous experience in the delivery and effective implementation of leisure programs
• Creativity with ability and knowledge of and understanding of effective engagement for groups and individuals
• Creative and cognitive based skills to run effective and stimulating groups
• Understanding of the Jewish culture and community, or willingness to develop understanding
• Excellent organisation and time management skills
• Certificate IV in Leisure and Health or other suitable qualification would be considered (education that includes program planning, activity organising, event coordination)
• Life skills will be highly regarded
• Experience with aged care desirable or a keen interest to be involved in the industry

About us:

Montefiore is an award-winning, Sydney-based aged care provider, with a proud 130-year history as a non-profit organisation founded on Jewish values. We support older members of the community to live with choice, dignity and wellbeing through trusted residential care, flexible home care and luxury retirement living.

All offers of employment are dependent upon successful completion of the organisation’s pre-employment check process. This includes (but is not limited to) the requirement to be willing to obtain a Criminal Police Check.