Activites Facilitator

NHS; South Shields; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A care home is seeking a part-time Activities Facilitator to enhance the well-being of residents. This role involves delivering various activities and requires excellent communication and organizational skills. Flexibility is essential as events may include evenings and weekends. Ideal for candidates with a passion for engaging older adults in meaningful ways.

Qualifications

• No previous experience required, just a passion for engaging older people.
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Knowledge of COSHH preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a range of activities to improve residents' health and well-being.
• Provide individual and group activities.
• Source outside entertainment.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Organisational skills

Ability to work flexibly

Interest in crafts and activities

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part time Activities Facilitator to join our highly motivated and dynamic team here at Haven Court. Haven Court is an innovatively designed and purpose-built care home. We specialise in residential and nursing care, dementia care and re-enablement. We aim to provide the highest quality of health and social care services to residents from South Tyneside. We are conveniently located on Harton Lane, South Shields. https://www.havencourt.co.uk/

As an Activity Facilitator, your job role will be to join a team of facilitators and deliver an exciting and entertaining range of activities to our residents. The successful candidate will be motivated and enthusiastic with excellent communication skills. You must be organised and be willing to work flexibly as the team organise events that include some evenings and weekends.

Main duties of the job

No previous experience is required however a passion to engage and support older people in activities is essential.

You will be flexible to meet the needs of the service and be able to meet the requirements of the shift pattern which includes a combination of earlies and lates. The roster covers 7 days of the week and includes rotational weekend working and bank holidays.

About us

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Join our team and make a difference every day We believe that its the people who make our home truly happy. If you have a passion for delivering outstanding care or are someone who would enjoy helping our residents to live happy and fulfilling lives, then we want to hear from you.

Our staff play an integral role in the lives of our residents and their families. You will share our passion for putting the needs and wellbeing of our residents first, finding new ways to enrich our service and delivering outstanding care.

In return we will give you superb support on every level to ensure your success. We will provide robust operational and clinical support, assist with personal/professional development and training, and provide you with top-class resources to help you make a difference every day.

At Haven Court we take a compassionate approach to care. We provide a range of health and social care services including; residential and nursing care, palliative care and end of life, dementia care and re-enablement.

Our team aims to provide care for residents that is safe, effective and responsive. The residents welfare, happiness and dignity is our number one priority.

Haven Court opened in 2016 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of South Tyneside & Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust. If you use AI and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will work as part of the Activities Team and provide a wide range of services/activities to improve the health and well-being of people who use services in Haven Court.

The post holder will deliver individual activities (one to one), group activities and source outside entertainment and support the programme in practice.

Note: The Trust is not able to offer Skilled Worker Sponsorship for this role as it does not meet the UKVI threshold requirements. Applicants are requested to consider this when making their application. Please visit GOV.UK for further information.

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Person Specification

Experience

• Interest in crafts and activities

Skills, Knowledge & Attributes

• Effective communication skills, with the ability to communicate where there may be barriers to understanding
• Ability to follow work schedules, internal processes and protocols
• Able to remain calm in challenging situations and work effectively under pressure
• Knowledge of COSHH
• Good organisational skills
• Can do approach to work

Other requirements

• Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team, within a multi-agency framework

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.