Activities Assistant - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Chippenham; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free training and development

Wellbeing and support tools

Retail discounts and savings

Refer a Friend bonus

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare is looking for an Activities Assistant in a care home to deliver imaginative and varied activities for residents. You’ll help create a fulfilling environment, enabling residents to pursue interests and engage with family and the local community.

The role emphasizes enthusiasm, creativity and empathy, with opportunities to develop skills through provided training and courses. The position is part-time (24 hours, daytime shifts).

Qualifications

• No specific experience required.
• Must be enthusiastic and empathetic.
• Interest in helping residents live their lives to the full.

Responsibilities

• Deliver imaginative, fun and varied activities to residents.
• Help residents live as independently as possible and enhance involvement with family and community.
• Contribute to an entertainment and activities programme including outings and events.
• Support residents in pursuing interests and social engagement.

Skills

Creativity

Empathy

People skills

Motivation

Job description

This is a part time role 24hrs Days

Shifts - 9am to 4pm with alternate weekends and some evenings depending on activities planned

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

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

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'
• Workplace Pension scheme, with Employer contributions from 3%
• 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.

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