Activities Assistant - Care Home

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

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking an Activities Assistant to create enjoyable activities for residents in their care homes. This role focuses on enhancing the lives of residents through creative engagement, encouraging independence, and fostering a supportive community atmosphere. With no specific experience required, this is a great opportunity for those who are enthusiastic and empathetic, with appropriate training provided.

Benefits

Free training and development

Access to wellbeing tools

Retail discounts

Referral bonus scheme

Employee of the Month rewards

Long Service Awards

Qualifications

• No specific experience needed; important traits are fun, creativity, and motivation.
• Interest in supporting residents is crucial.
• Enthusiasm and empathy will enhance resident interaction.

Responsibilities

• Deliver imaginative and varied activities to residents.
• Support residents in living independently and engaging with the local community.
• Help implement entertainment and activities programs.

Skills

Creativity

Empathy

Motivation

Job description

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.

Alternative weekends Required - Saturday 9am - 3pm or 10 am-4 pm

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’

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.