Activities Assistant - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Wells; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 17,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free training

Wellbeing tools

Retail discounts

Refer a Friend bonus

Employee of the Month awards

Pension contributions

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare is seeking an Activities Assistant in Wells to deliver imaginative, fun and varied activities for residents, helping them enjoy a motivational and fulfilling environment. You’ll create an activities programme covering social events, outings and daily pastimes, with a focus on independence and community involvement.

The role is part‑time, 30 hours per week, across 4 days with alternate weekend work, welcoming creativity and empathy to support residents’ emotional and social

Qualifications

• No specific care home experience required.

Responsibilities

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

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.

This position is part‑time, 30 hrs per week, 4 days including alternate weekend working.

ABOUT YOU

You don’t need any specific care home 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, any knowledge of dementia or working/volunteering to support emotional needs is welcome. 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

• 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.