Abound Communities, a leading not-for-profit provider of retirement living and aged care, offering a continuum of care from independent living to assisted living and residential aged care in Victoria, as well as home care. Our four villages across Victoria –St Helena, Fitzroy North, Berwick and Euroa are home to 500 older Victorians in need. We are a community based, not-for-profit organisation who put our residents and their families at the forefront of all we do. If you want to make a real difference, apply now and become a part of our exciting journey! It really is our people and culture that set us apart, with our ongoing focus of working together as one team.
About the role
The Resident Wellbeing Manager is responsible for designing, coordinating, delivering, and evaluating wellness programs that promote a holistic approach to care and support for residents, families, and staff. This includes addressing the physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of individuals, key elements that contribute to overall quality of life. The role works collaboratively with residents, their families or representatives, the care team, and relevant external stakeholders to ensure programs are person-centred, inclusive, and aligned with the Aged Care Quality Standards. Through a focus on engagement, empowerment, and meaningful experiences, this position plays a key role in enhancing the wellbeing and life satisfaction of residents across both residential aged care and retirement village settings.
Why Join us?
- Permanent full-time role making a real difference in people’s lives.
- Attractive remuneration with Salary Packaging benefits of up to $15,900 increasing your take home pay!
- Fantastic work/life balance with mainly weekday hours.
- Access to ongoing training and development opportunities to enhance your skills and career growth.
Key Responsibilities
- A variety of wellness services are tailored to the interests and abilities of residents, families and staff and delivered within budget.
- Assessing, planning and supporting the delivery of residents' wellbeing and spiritual needs building on their strengths, capacity and goals, in collaboration with the care team and the residents' families/representatives (as required).
- Work with residents, in collaboration with the care team to make gains in residents physical, social and emotional wellbeing to live as independently as possible
- Lead the design and planning of wellbeing and lifestyle programs that enhance the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual wellbeing of residents across retirement villages. Provide guidance and frameworks to support Village Supervisors in local implementation.
- Collaborate with Village Supervisors to build capability in delivering resident-focused wellness initiatives, offering resources, training, and advice to ensure consistent and effective program delivery.
- Evaluate the impact of wellness programs through resident feedback, participation data, and quality outcomes. Provide insights and recommendations to continuously improve resident wellbeing initiatives across all sites
What You’ll Bring
- Degree in Social Work, Spiritual Care, or a related field.
- Significant experience in a similar role within aged care or a related field.
- Proven track record in developing and implementing successful lifestyle and wellbeing programs.
- Ability to contribute strategically within a multidisciplinary team
- Strong understanding of holistic care principles addressing physical, emotional, social, and spiritual wellbeing.
- Strong organisational skills to coordinate multiple initiatives across sites.
- Experience in evaluating programs, interpreting feedback and data, and implementing continuous improvements.
- Diploma of Chaplaincy or Diploma of Pastoral Care (desirable)
- Experience in team leadership and staff supervision
If this sounds like the role for you, click on APPLY NOW!
For further information or to request a copy of the Position Description, please contact People & Culture at recruitement@aboundcommunities.org.au
To find out more about us and the wonderful work we do, please visit us at https://aboundcommunities.org.au/
Applications close on Sunday, 16th November 2025
Abound Communities reserves the right to remove advertising and/or commence the selection process before the application close date. Abound Communities is committed to equal opportunity and ensuring the workplace is reflective of the community. We are committed to appointing the best person for the role and supporting diversity.
The successful candidate will also be required to demonstrate entitlement to work in Australia, and to disclose any pre-existing injury or disease which may be adversely affected by undertaking the inherent requirements of the position.
We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability.
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