Activities Assistant - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Gerrards Cross; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare seeks an Activities Assistant to deliver engaging activities for residents in care homes. This role requires creativity, empathy, and the ability to motivate others, helping residents lead fulfilling lives while enjoying various social activities and outings. Comprehensive training and support are provided for skill development.

Benefits

Free training and development

Access to wellbeing support tools

Retail discounts

Refer a Friend bonus

Employee of the Month rewards

Long Service Awards

Qualifications

• No specific experience needed; any background can apply.
• Must have a sense of fun and interest in supporting residents.

Responsibilities

• Deliver imaginative and varied activities for residents.
• Enhance residents' involvement with their families and local community.

Skills

Creativity

Empathy

Motivational Skills

Job description

ABOUT THE ROLEAs 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 YOUYou 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 PACKAGEIn 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 rolesAccess to wellbeing and support tools A range of retail discounts and savingsUnlimited referrals with our Refer a Friend' bonus schemeEmployee 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.