Activities Assistant - Bank - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Lewes; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A care home provider in Lewes is seeking a Bank Activities Coordinator to create motivating activity programs for residents. This rewarding role involves getting to know residents and their families, ensuring personalized activities that maximize wellbeing, independence, and social engagement. Competitive pay and flexible hours are offered, along with training opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Learning and development opportunities

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Warm, empathetic and personable with strong organizational skills.
• Ability to plan, coordinate, and deliver activities effectively.
• Experience in activity coordination or care is desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop imaginative and motivational activity programmes tailored to residents' interests.
• Get to know residents and families to inform planning for personalized activities.
• Deliver activities within the home and local community.

Skills

Empathy

Organizational skills

Communication

Job description

Overview

As a Bank Activities Coordinator at a Barchester care home, you\u2019ll 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\u2019ll 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\u2019s wellbeing, independence and social engagement.

Responsibilities

• Develop imaginative, fun and motivational activity programmes tailored to residents\u2019 interests and abilities.
• Get to know residents and their families to inform planning and ensure personalised activities.
• Deliver activities within the home and in the local community to support wellbeing, independence and social engagement.

Qualifications

• Warm, empathetic and personable; strong organisational skills and a driven mindset.
• Ability to plan, coordinate and deliver activities; effective communication with residents, families and staff.
• Previous experience in activity coordination or care is desirable but not essential; we provide training to develop your skills and progression.

Rewards & Details

• Competitive pay with true flexibility and learning and development opportunities.
• As a Bank position, hours and days vary to cover annual leave or sickness as needed.

If you would like to use your planning and people skills in an organisation that provides quality care, this is a rewarding place to be.