Lifestyle & Wellbeing Assistant (Activities)

Home: Newstead House Nursing Home

Full or Part Time: Full Time

Working Pattern: 30 Hours per week, Working to a Rota

Role: Lifestyle and Wellbeing (Activities)

Hourly Rate: £12.80 per hour (dependent on experience)

Duties

We need you to create a stimulating and developing activity programme to enhance the quality of life for our residents. To support residents emotional wellbeing, you will plan, organise and co-ordinate activities for active daily living in groups and individually. You will interact with residents to enable them to continue with hobbies and keep active. Encouraging involvement in the local community, you will plan, organise and accompany our residents on external outings when we are able to as well as bring to local community into the home.

Personal Qualities

• Warm and friendly
• Positive person with a fun outlook on life and full of smiles
• Genuine interest in working with the elderly
• Excellent communication skills

Knowledge

• Understanding of support and wellbeing
• Demonstrate compassion and empathy
• computer skills including Word, Excel, Outlook
• Willingness to keep learning

Abilities / Skills

• Caring and committed to working to high standards
• Ability to build and maintain positive professional working relationships
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Be able to work flexibly
• Work effectively as part of a team
• organizing, planning and enabling
• Ability to be creative and ‘think outside of the box’

Experience

• Demonstrate creativity and original ideas
• Demonstrate dignity, privacy, equality, diversity and respecting resident’s rights.
• Experience working with individuals and groups of people
• Working within a Care setting or care of a relative/friend
• Demonstrating person centered care
• Knowledge of Dementia/End of Life care

Benefits

· Free Holiday: Free use of Company Lodge in Devon. (Our stunning three bedroom lodge with private patio and hot tub. Located along the Devon and Cornwall border, our Lodge is close by to stunning beaches and local attractions)

· Work for a successful, recognised company.

· Peer Mentor: You will be allocated a Peer Mentor who has been trained to support you during your probation. You will shadow them for your first two weeks, and they will ensure that you know what is expected of you

· Training: All new starters have a 3 day Face to Face Induction. Heritage Manor is committed to having a well-trained team following a key objective; how we can improve the daily lived lives of every resident, through proactive and reflective care planning

· Learning: All staff have the opportunity to further develop within the company by working towards qualifications or furthering your interests in specialist areas

· Private Health Care Scheme: Money back for Dental, Optical and Therapy treatments (after one year of service)

· Free Refreshments and Subsidised Meals Available

· Free Uniform and Free Enhanced DBS

· Employee Assistant Service: Offering a 24/7 Counselling and Advice Line

· Employee discounts and savings: Money off over 600 retailers, online and on the high street

· Free Parking on site

· Company Pension Scheme