Activities Assistant - Care Home

NHS; Northampton; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking care provider as an Activities Assistant, where your creativity and empathy will shine. You'll play a vital role in delivering engaging activities that enrich the lives of residents, helping them enjoy fulfilling experiences and maintain independence. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of others while developing your skills through comprehensive training. If you have a passion for supporting individuals and fostering community connections, this role is perfect for you. Embrace the chance to work in a rewarding environment that values your contributions and encourages personal growth.

Benefits

Free training and development

Access to wellbeing and support tools

Retail discounts

Refer a Friend bonus

Employee of the Month rewards

Long Service Awards

Qualifications

• No specific experience needed; creativity and empathy are key.
• Ability to encourage and motivate others is essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver imaginative and varied activities for residents.
• Enhance residents' involvement with family and community.

Skills

Creativity

Empathy

Motivational Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Education

No specific qualifications required

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 have a real impact on our residents' lives by helping to deliver an entertainment and activities programme that covers a wide range of pastimes, social activities, outings and events.

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

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, operating over 200 care homes across the country. They are committed to providing high-quality care and support to their residents, and offer a range of benefits and development opportunities to their employees.

Job responsibilities

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• No specific qualifications are required, but you'll need to have a sense of fun, creativity, and the ability to encourage and motivate others. Enthusiastic and empathetic, you'll really enjoy helping our residents to live their lives to the full.

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.

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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.