Activities Assistant - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Sheffield is seeking an Activities Assistant to deliver engaging activities that promote a fulfilling environment for residents. This role requires creativity and the ability to motivate others. No specific experience is necessary, making it an excellent opportunity for anyone looking to make an impact in a caring setting. You'll enjoy a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including training and retail discounts.

Benefits

Free training and development

Access to wellbeing and support tools

Retail discounts and savings

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Employee of the Month rewards

Long Service Awards

Qualifications

• You don't need any specific experience; sense of fun and creativity are essential.
• Ability to encourage and motivate others is a must.
• Having a real interest in supporting people is important.

Responsibilities

• Deliver imaginative, fun activities for residents.
• Help residents live as independently as possible.
• Enhance resident involvement with their family and community.

Skills

Creativity

Ability to encourage and motivate others

Sense of fun

Empathy

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 us 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.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes and healthcare services in the UK. They are committed to delivering high-quality care and ensuring that 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 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
• 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, as 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.

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.