Activities Assistant - Care Home

Integrated Care System; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading care home in the UK is seeking an Activities Assistant to deliver engaging and varied activities for residents. In this part-time role, you will create a motivational environment, encouraging residents' independence and enhancing their social involvement. No specific experience is required, just a creative and empathetic personality to make a real impact.

Benefits

Free training and development

Access to wellbeing and support tools

Retail discounts and savings

Referral bonus scheme

Employee of the Month rewards

Long Service Awards

Qualifications

• A sense of fun and creativity is essential.
• Ability to encourage and motivate others.
• A real interest in supporting residents.

Responsibilities

• Deliver imaginative and varied activities for residents.
• Help enhance residents' involvement with family and community.
• Support the delivery of entertainment and activities programme.

Skills

Creativity

Empathy

Motivation

Job description

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. You'll help every resident to live as independently as possible and enhance their involvement with their family, friends and the local community.

Main duties of the job

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. You'll need to have a sense of fun, creativity, and the ability to encourage and motivate others, as well as a real interest in the people you'll be supporting.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, offering a range of services including residential, nursing, dementia and respite care. With a focus on delivering high-quality care and creating a warm, welcoming environment for residents, Barchester is committed to helping people live their lives to the fullest.

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLE

14 hours per week in total - 2 x 7 hour shifts per week (9am-4pm) 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 YOUYou 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 PACKAGEIn 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• No specific experience is required for this role, as training and development will be provided. What's important is that you have the right attitude and personality to engage with and support the residents.

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.