Activities Assistant - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Ashington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Ashington seeks an Activities Assistant to deliver engaging activities for residents. The ideal candidate is empathetic, creative, and passionate about enhancing the residents' quality of life. No prior experience is necessary, as training and development will be provided. This is a wonderful opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the community.

Benefits

Free training and development

Wellbeing and support tools

Retail discounts

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Employee of the Month rewards

Qualifications

• No specific experience required, relevant background appreciated.
• Must have a sense of fun and creativity.
• A genuine interest in supporting residents' lives is essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver imaginative and varied activities to residents.
• Support residents in living independently.
• Enhance residents' involvement with family and community.

Skills

Creativity

Empathy

Motivational Skills

Job description

Overview

ABOUT THE ROLE
As an Activities Assistant at a Barchester care home, you’ll deliver imaginative, fun and varied activities to ensure our residents can enjoy an environment that is motivational and fulfilling. We want to make sure each individual can pursue the interests they most enjoy and that means you’ll have a real impact on our residents’ lives. The Activities Assistant role involves helping us to deliver an entertainment and activities programme that covers a wide range of pastimes, social activities, outings and events. Put simply, you’ll help every resident to live as independently as possible and enhance their involvement with their family, friends and the local community.

About You

ABOUT YOU
You don’t need any specific experience to join us as an Activities Assistant, so you could come from any background. What’s important is that you have a sense of fun, creativity, and the ability to encourage and motivate others. You’ll also need to have that little extra something – a real interest in the people we support. Enthusiastic and empathetic, you’re someone who’ll really enjoy helping our residents to live their lives to the full. Bring us all of that, and you’ll have every opportunity to develop your skills further with a range of courses designed to build your confidence in every aspect of your role.

Rewards Package

REWARDS PACKAGE
In return for your dedication, you’ll receive a competitive rate of pay plus our sector-leading benefits and rewards package including:

• Free training and development for all roles
• Access to wellbeing and support tools
• A range of retail discounts and savings
• Unlimited referrals with our ‘Refer a Friend’ bonus scheme
• ‘Employee of the Month’ rewards and ‘Long Service Awards’

And so much more!

If you’d like to use your creativity 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.