Activities Assistant - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; England; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an enthusiastic Activities Assistant to bring creativity and joy to the lives of residents in a care home. This role is perfect for individuals who are passionate about supporting others and want to make a real difference in their community. You'll engage residents with a variety of fun activities, ensuring they can enjoy fulfilling lives while fostering connections with family and friends. Join a team that values your creativity and offers extensive training to help you grow in your career. This is more than just a job; it's an opportunity to enrich lives and build lasting relationships.

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; a sense of fun and creativity is essential.
• Ability to encourage and motivate residents is key.

Responsibilities

• Deliver imaginative activities to enhance residents' lives.
• Support residents in pursuing their interests and social activities.

Skills

Creativity

Empathy

Motivational Skills

Interpersonal Skills

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.

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:

1. Free training and development for all roles
2. Access to wellbeing and support tools
3. A range of retail discounts and savings
4. Unlimited referrals with our 'Refer a Friend' bonus scheme
5. 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.