Recreation Team Leader - Woburn Home

RECREATION TEAM LEADER – Woburn Home - Full Time

• 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

Enliven is a not-for-profit service providing aged residential care to older people in the lower half of the North Island.

We are a values based organisation that cares about our staff as much as we do about our residents and we support everyone who becomes a part of the Enliven family. Our Enliven residential services create age-friendly communities where people are happy and thrive, regardless of their age or ability. Our homes and villages are places where older people have companionship, choice, variety, fun, meaningful activity and a sense of purpose.

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 32 hours per week (Tuesday -Friday 08.00-16.30) 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 and sense of humour. 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. Visit our website to find out more about how the Eden philosophy drives the way we do things!

Key Skills include:

• Minimum of 5 years 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.

You will also enjoy:

• Education and long service leave as well as standard leave
• 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
• Smart uniforms provided, you choose the colour!

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 Tamsin Mason on 04 569 6400.

Please note: please apply only if you have the legal right to work in New Zealand.

As a healthcare provider, Enliven operates a ‘Smoke Free’ policy onsite.