Activities Assistant - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 18,920 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free training and development

Wellbeing and support tools

Retail discounts and savings

Refer a Friend bonus

Employee of the Month rewards

Workplace Pension scheme

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare is seeking an Activities Assistant to deliver imaginative and varied activities for residents in our care home. You will help residents pursue interests, encourage social engagement and support independence through a broad programme of pastimes, outings and events.

You don’t need previous care sector experience; a friendly, empathetic approach and a love of people is more important. The role offers training and opportunities to develop your skills.

Qualifications

• No specific experience required, just a passion for helping people.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential.
• Enthusiastic, empathetic and able to motivate others.

Responsibilities

• Deliver an engaging activities programme for residents.
• Encourage participation and social interaction across residents.
• Support residents to maintain independence and community involvement.

Skills

Creativity

Empathy

Motivation

People skills

Communication

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.