Activities Assistant - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free training and development

Wellbeing tools

Retail discounts and savings

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Employee of the Month rewards

Long Service Awards

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare is seeking an Activities Assistant for our Sunderland care home. You will deliver imaginative, fun and varied activities to residents, helping them pursue their interests and stay engaged with family and the local community.

No specific experience is required, but a sense of fun and empathy is essential. You will contribute to a broad activities programme, attend outings and events, and help residents live as independently as possible, supported by courses to build

Qualifications

• No specific experience required; a sense of fun, creativity and the ability to encourage others is important.
• Enthusiastic and empathetic; an interest in the people we support helps you excel.
• There are courses available to build confidence and develop your skills during the role.

Responsibilities

• Deliver imaginative, fun and varied activities to residents.
• Support residents to live independently and engage with family, friends and the local community.
• Contribute to an entertainment and activities programme covering outings, events and pastimes.

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.