Activities Assistant - Care Home

NHS; Cirencester; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking an Activities Assistant to enrich the lives of residents through imaginative activities. This role emphasizes creativity, motivation, and personal interaction, offering a rewarding environment where individuals can thrive. Join us to make a meaningful impact.

Benefits

Free training and development

Access to wellbeing and support tools

Retail discounts and savings

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Employee of the Month rewards

Long Service Awards

Qualifications

• No specific experience required; any background acceptable.
• Genuine interest in supporting individuals.
• Sense of fun and creativity is crucial.

Responsibilities

• Deliver varied activities to enhance resident engagement.
• Ensure residents can live independently and enjoy social involvement.
• Help implement an entertainment and activities programme.

Skills

Creativity

Motivation

Empathy

Encouragement

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 have a real impact on our residents' lives by helping to deliver an entertainment and activities programme that covers a wide range of pastimes, social activities, outings, and events.

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

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, with a focus on delivering high-quality, person-centered care. The company operates over 200 care homes across England, Scotland, and Wales, catering to a range of care needs, from residential and nursing care to specialist dementia and rehabilitation services.

Job responsibilities

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 10am - 4pm

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 a genuine 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 organization that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 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 a genuine interest in the people we support.

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 (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.