Activities Assistant - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Lancaster; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free training

Wellbeing tools

Retail discounts

Refer a Friend bonus

Employee of the Month

Long service awards

Employer pension 3%

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare is seeking an Activities Assistant to deliver imaginative, fun and varied activities for residents, helping them engage with family and the wider community.

No prior experience is required; a sense of fun, creativity and empathy are valued, with the chance to develop skills through courses in a supportive team. This rewarding role aims to enhance residents' wellbeing, independence and happiness every day.

Qualifications

• No prior experience required; a sense of fun, creativity and the ability to motivate others.
• Genuine interest in residents and empathetic, enthusiastic attitude.
• Willing to develop skills through courses to build confidence in every aspect of the role.

Responsibilities

• Deliver imaginative, fun and varied activities for residents to enhance engagement.
• Help residents to live as independently as possible and connect with family and community.

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:

• 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
• Workplace Pension scheme, with Employer contributions from 3%

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.