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Retreat Supervisor

The Carers Foundation
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If you're a person with a big heart who loves spending time with other empathetic, positive, caring people to make an incredible difference in people's lives, then this is the volunteer role for you!

Our retreats nurture and support individuals with extremely stressful and demanding home lives. You will work with dedicated and talented volunteers and professionals to provide carers with some much needed R&R.

Seeking reliable, heart-centred individuals with a background in the hospitality sector to oversee the running of wellness retreats for family carers.

This position is 1 - 3 days when Carers retreats are held (2-3 times per month for residential retreats and 2-3 times per month for single day retreats). The retreats are held onsite at the Cedar Creek facility and there is also the possibility of volunteers being accommodated overnight for the duration of the retreat. Some organisation/planning required prior to each retreat such as food ordering.

Daily tasks and Instructions • Kitchen and food management such as shopping and ordering from caterers, liaising with chef for residential programs, food storage, washing and drying dishes, stacking dish washer, emptying bins in the centre, wipe down out door table and chair areas • Meal preparation and service - breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner service and/or assist chef when required, depending whether single or multi-day program • Check to see if any personal milestones might occur for carers during a program (i.e. birthday, child’s birthday, etc) • Liaise with the Program Facilitator regarding program agenda, meal times, other events that you should be aware of to support the smooth running of the program • Assist with the setup of the main retreat space ready for the program to commence • Oversee and assist volunteer Retreat Assistants with set up of other elements of the retreat such as therapist rooms (with equipment (heater/fan) music, tissues, lighting and space for massage table), support Carers on arrival with an orientation of the centre, introduce Carers to staff and other Carers • Assist therapists and facilitators if required. • Check rooms at the end of the day, switching on lights/heating/fans, turn down bedding • At the end of retreat programs, assist volunteer Retreat Assistants with general tidying of main retreat areas, putting material away, topping up resources, tidying rooms by stripping beds and emptying bins ready for the cleaner

You can not apply for this role as it is no longer available.