Activities Assistant - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Crowmarsh Gifford; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare is seeking an Activities Assistant for their care home, where you will create engaging activities that allow residents to lead fulfilling lives. This entry-level role requires creativity and empathy, focused on enriching the lives of individuals through tailored activities. The position offers a competitive salary and access to comprehensive training, ensuring both personal and professional growth.

Benefits

Free training and development

Access to wellbeing support tools

Retail discounts

Refer a Friend bonus

Employee of the Month rewards

Qualifications

• No specific experience required; must have a sense of fun and creativity.
• Ability to encourage and motivate others.
• Interest in supporting residents' activities.

Responsibilities

• Deliver imaginative and varied activities for residents.
• Enhance residents' involvement with their community and families.
• Support an activities program that includes social events and outings.

Skills

Creativity

Empathy

Motivation

Job description

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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 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'

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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Administrative

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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