Activities Assistant - Care Home

NHS; Lasswade; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care home provider is seeking an Activities Assistant in Lasswade. The role focuses on delivering creative and fulfilling activities for residents, encouraging independence, and community involvement. Applicants should have a genuine interest in supporting others and a passion for enhancing residents’ lives, with a range of development opportunities available.

Benefits

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

Long Service Awards

Qualifications

• No specific experience required, but a desire to make a difference is essential.
• Ability to encourage and motivate others is important.

Responsibilities

• Deliver imaginative and varied activities for residents.
• Help residents to live independently and engage with their community.
• Support an entertainment and activities programme that includes outings and events.

Skills

Creativity

Empathy

Motivational skills

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

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 need to have a sense of fun, creativity, and the ability to encourage and motivate others, as well as a real interest in the people you'll be supporting.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, offering high-quality residential, nursing, dementia and respite care. The company is committed to providing a nurturing environment where residents can live their lives to the fullest.

Job responsibilities

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 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.

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 the right personal qualities and a desire to make a difference in the lives of the residents.

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.