Activities Assistant - Care Home

HealthJobs4U Ltd; Wick; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK-based care home provider is seeking an Activities Assistant to deliver fun and enriching activities for residents. This role focuses on enabling individuals to live fulfilled, independent lives while fostering social engagement. Ideal candidates should be empathetic and creative, without the need for prior experience. In return, the company offers competitive pay and an extensive benefits package, including free training and employee incentives.

Benefits

Free training and development

Access to wellbeing tools

Retail discounts

Refer a Friend bonus

Employee recognition awards

Qualifications

• No specific experience required; open to various backgrounds.
• Ability to encourage and motivate residents.
• Interest in supporting others essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver imaginative and fun activities for residents.
• Support individual interests to enhance quality of life.
• Encourage social activities and community involvement.

Skills

Creativity

Empathy

Motivational skills

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

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.