Activities Assistant - Care Home - Horsham

Barchester Limited; Horsham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care home provider in Horsham is seeking an enthusiastic Activities Assistant to deliver enjoyable activities for residents. The role requires creativity and a genuine interest in supporting individuals. You will help residents live independently and enhance their community involvement, and no specific experience is necessary. Join us to make a real impact in our residents' lives with a competitive salary and excellent benefits.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Free training and development

Access to wellbeing tools

Retail discounts

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Employee of the Month rewards

Long Service Awards

Qualifications

• No specific experience required; open to any background.
• Strong sense of fun and creativity.
• Ability to encourage and motivate others.
• Genuine interest in supporting people.

Responsibilities

• Deliver varied activities for residents.
• Help residents live independently.
• Enhance involvement with family and community.

Skills

Creativity

Motivational skills

Empathy

Enthusiasm

Job description

Overview

Activities Assistant - Care Home - Horsham, 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.

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.

Responsibilities

• Deliver imaginative, fun and varied activities to ensure residents can enjoy an environment that is motivational and fulfilling.
• Deliver an entertainment and activities programme that covers a wide range of pastimes, social activities, outings and events.
• Help every resident to live as independently as possible and enhance their involvement with family, friends and the local community.

Qualifications

• No specific experience required to join as an Activities Assistant; you could come from any background.
• Strong sense of fun, creativity, and the ability to encourage and motivate others.
• Enthusiastic and empathetic, with a genuine interest in the people we support.
• Ability to develop your skills further with a range of courses designed to build confidence in every aspect of the role.

Rewards

• Competitive rate of pay plus sector-leading benefits and 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.
• And so much more!