Activities Assistant - Bank - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Gorseinon; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare seeks an Activities Assistant to foster a stimulating environment for residents in a care home. This role focuses on creating engaging activities tailored to residents' interests and abilities, ensuring their well-being and social engagement. Ideal candidates are warm, creative, and organized, with a passion for enhancing residents' lives.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Flexible hours

Free learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Warm, empathetic, and personable.
• Organizational skills and a driven mindset.
• Creative approach to engaging residents.

Responsibilities

• Create tailored activity programs for residents.
• Devise fun and imaginative activities.
• Get to know residents and their families.

Skills

Organizational Skills

Creativity

Empathy

Job description

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About The Role

As a Bank Activities Coordinator at a Barchester care home, you'll help to create a stimulating environment that enables us to deliver exceptional all-round care and support for our residents. Our ethos is all about celebrating life, so you'll help to devise imaginative, fun and motivational activities that suit every interest and ability. An extremely rewarding role, part of your time as a Bank Activities Coordinator will be spent getting to know our residents and their families before you create tailored activities programmes focused on maximising everyone's wellbeing, independence and social engagement.

About The Role

As a Bank Activities Coordinator at a Barchester care home, you'll help to create a stimulating environment that enables us to deliver exceptional all-round care and support for our residents. Our ethos is all about celebrating life, so you'll help to devise imaginative, fun and motivational activities that suit every interest and ability. An extremely rewarding role, part of your time as a Bank Activities Coordinator will be spent getting to know our residents and their families before you create tailored activities programmes focused on maximising everyone's wellbeing, independence and social engagement.

About You

You'll need to be warm, empathetic and personable to join us as a Bank Activities Coordinator. Your organisational skills and driven mind-set mean you always get things done and make things happen. Meanwhile, your infectious enthusiasm and creative approach will inspire our residents and staff to get involved in activities both within the home and in the local community. Any similar experience would be ideal, but it isn't essential especially because we'll make sure you have the training you need to develop your skills and progress your career with us.

REWARDS PACKAGE

As well as competitive pay, you can look forward to a role that offers true flexibility and plenty of free learning and development opportunities. As one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, we take the growth of everyone who works for us seriously.

As this is a Bank position to provide cover as and when we need it, such as for annual leave or sick leave, the hours and days you work will vary.

If you'd like to use your planning and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Administrative

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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