Leader-Active Living (Willowview Centre)

Temporary - Part Time Position (27 hours per week / 4 days - Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday) from 29 April 2025 to 31 October 2025. Possible job share.

Band 4 - Starting at $70,961.51 (pro rata) + superannuation

(Job share opportunities available!).

Yarra City Council’s Aged and Disability Services Branch has a proud history in providing a comprehensive range of services to our community.

Willowview Centre, within the Aged and Disability Branch, provides Social Support Group service under Commonwealth Home Support Programs (CHSP). The Centre currently has an opportunity for a dynamic and energetic person to join our team in providing meaningful, appropriate, and innovative social activities for participants in the Centre.

The position has a shared role with the other Leader on the day in coordinating day-to-day on the ground staffing task and schedules. The position comes with key role in completing monthly program planning, daily program deliveries, and monitoring and follow-ups on participants wellbeing. Highly experienced and excellent track records in planning and delivering programs in social group settings and great people skills would be essential selection criteria.

The key responsibilities and duties include:

• Lead and support the team in the planning and implementation of stimulating culturally sensitive activities to help maintain the physical, intellectual, psychological, social and emotional wellbeing of clients attending the Centre.
• Responsible for Monthly Program planning, daily program adjustment and team coordination
• Key role in implementing or allocating Centre’s daily programs, ensuring that activities planned are appropriate for the client group, age related, culturally relevant and are community focused to include group outings.
• Adopt Wellness and Reablement practices and Empowerment framework to individuals in their participation and care planning. Group participants will be empowered to set personal goals with a focus on plans to achieve goals with regular review process.
• Identify program resources required with an awareness of the program budget and staffing constraints. Plan and organize for the program deliveries.
• Prepare the Centre and organise the necessary equipment and resources to undertake the activities.
• Monitor the appropriateness of activities and participate in their evaluation.

Yarra City Council is Dynamic Organisation. We pride ourselves on inclusive culture. We aim to make a positive difference in people’s lives and continually improve service to the community).

For further information, please see the Position Description attached or contact Willowview Coordinator Debbie Lin on (03) 9205 5276.

A position description is attached.

In your application, the selection panel will assess your resume against the technical skills, abilities, and experiences stated in the Position Description as well as your separate responses to the Key Selection Criteria.

*This position is subject to satisfactory Police Check, Working with Children Check, and a pre-employment medical assessment prior to commencement. Pre-employment checks are not used by Yarra City Council to prevent any applicant from applying for this position. Each application will be considered on its merits.

Yarra City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and supports flexible and accessible working arrangements for all. This includes people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, culturally, religiously, and linguistically diverse people, young people, older people, women, and people who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex or queer. We draw pride and strength from our diversity, remain open to new approaches and actively foster an inclusive workplace that celebrates the contribution made by all our people.