Activities Coordinator

Hours: 40 hours per week - Fully flexible, alternate weekends.

Benefits

Opportunity for progression within the company.

Continuous support to maintain the training you need to deliver excellence.

On-going support from a motivated and committed Head Office and Regional Teams.

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Job Summary

It is your role to enable and support our residents to continue taking part in the activities and lifestyle choices they have always enjoyed. Whatever that may be from meeting up with friends and family, going to the local bowls club, visiting the cinema, attending local groups, or enjoying a specific past time like gardening, painting, or singing.

It all starts with getting to know our residents as individuals and finding out how they have lived their life and what they enjoy doing. This will mean taking an interest and talking with our residents and their family and friends. Plotting a life history book with them and sharing their memories.

To promote the social and recreational aspects of daily living for all residents. You will engage with the local community and its resources. You will be creative, innovative, and enthusiastic. You will have the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

Key Responsibilities

To assist the Activities Leader:-

• To maintain a stimulating programme of leisure pursuits and social events for large and small groups of residents and on an individual basis.
• Produce a weekly social events programme and ensure that it is advertised within the home.
• To ensure that the social care plan for each resident is in place within three weeks of the date of admission and reviewed regularly.
• To consult with and assess each resident in order to identify their social and recreational requirements according to their likes, dislikes, abilities and needs.
• To organise social and recreational events within the home and outside of the home.
• To assess on a regular basis the effectiveness of the programme of social events and recreational pursuits.
• To liaise and consult with relatives and other staff within the home when writing social care plans.
• To assess and evaluate social care plans on a monthly basis.
• To assist and support residents at mealtimes ensuring that the that the ambience is conducive to a relaxed and social environment.
• To liaise with the senior person in charge on a daily basis and attend the daily management meeting.
• To involve residents in social events organised by the local community and encourage community groups to have involvement in the life of the home.
• To ensure the spiritual needs of residents are met and they are able to worship according to their beliefs.
• To build and maintain a suitable stock of social events and hobby equipment such as: craft materials, board games, jigsaws, cards, needlework, paints, etc.
• To provide inspiration resources and ideas to care staff for group and one to one social events.
• To maintain standards of infection control within the home and to assist residents to maintain their own infection control needs.
• To attend all statutory and mandatory training as required by the Company in order to fulfil your duties.
• To attend appropriate training courses and/or programmes to enhance personal and professional knowledge and skills.
• To ensure social media is updated in line with policy.
• To encourage all staff to engage with activities.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not exhaustive, and the post holder may be required to undertake other relevant and appropriate duties as reasonably required.

Experience:

• Care Home Activities Coordinators: 1 year (required)
• Care home: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person