Activities Assistant - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Rugby; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free training and development for all

Wellbeing tools

Retail discounts

Refer a Friend bonus

Employee of the Month rewards

Long Service Awards

Workplace Pension

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare invites applications for an Activities Assistant at one of our care homes. Working 10am-3pm with occasional weekends, you will plan and deliver imaginative activities to engage residents and enrich their daily lives.

No prior experience is required; we value creativity, empathy and a genuine desire to help others. You’ll have opportunities to develop skills through a range of courses and training.

Qualifications

• No specific experience required; must have sense of fun, creativity and ability to encourage others.

Responsibilities

• Deliver imaginative, fun and varied activities for residents.
• Help run a broad activities programme including social activities, outings and events.
• Support residents to live as independently as possible and engage with family and community.

Skills

Creativity

People skills

Empathy

Motivation

Job description

This role will be working 10am to 3pm with some weekend work

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.