Activities Co-Ordinator

Akari Care Limited; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care home provider in Gateshead is looking for an enthusiastic Activities Coordinator to enhance the social lives of elderly residents. The role involves planning diverse activities, promoting socialisation, and supporting fundraising initiatives. Candidates should have experience in a similar role, a caring nature, and the ability to work well under pressure. A competitive salary of £12.26 and various benefits are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension contribution

Fully funded training

28 days annual leave

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role is required.
• Ability to engage and motivate elderly residents.
• Flexibility and adaptability to changing needs.

Responsibilities

• Plan and initiate activities for residents.
• Encourage socialisation within the home.
• Assist with fundraising initiatives.

Skills

Caring nature

Flexibility

Outgoing personality

Ability to work under pressure

Job description

Akari Care is seeking an enthusiastic and compassionate Activities Coordinator to join their team in Gateshead. This role involves creating a vibrant and engaging environment for the residents, promoting socialisation, and planning a variety of activities that cater to individual interests and abilities. The successful candidate will have experience in a similar role, a caring nature, and the ability to work collaboratively with the wider team to enhance the lives of the elderly residents.

Main duties of the job

The Activities Coordinator will be responsible for helping and engaging residents to socialise within the home, providing a variety of activities that cater for all tastes, abilities, and cultures. They will plan and initiate rolling/individual programmes, encouraging residents to maintain pre-existing hobbies and try new activities. The role also involves actively assisting with innovative fundraising initiatives and budgeting for entertainment, materials, and outings. The ideal candidate will have a caring nature, flexibility, and the ability to work well under pressure to create a supportive, caring, and safe environment for the residents.

About us

Akari Care is an award-winning provider of residential care homes, committed to creating an environment where residents are valued, respected, and offered personalized care. The organization aims to enhance the lives of older people through a range of services and activities.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

If you are passionate about caring for the elderly and want to build a long-term career in one of our award-winning homes, then look no further than Akari Care. Our aim is to create an environment where our residents are valued, respected, and are offered the personalised care they deserve.

We now seek an Activities Coordinator who is enthusiastic about, and thrives on, making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people.

Working in collaboration and unity with the Home Manager and the wider and extended community teams you will be responsible for helping and engaging residents to socialise within the home. This includes providing a variety of activities that cater for all tastes, abilities, cultures and, respecting everyone as an individual, ensuring that you promote diversity and inclusion at all stages. You will plan and initiate rolling / individual programmes, encouraging residents not only to maintain pre-existing hobbies but also to endeavor to try other activities. By supporting and actively encouraging colleagues, relatives, and friends to participate in activitieswith residents you will enable additional stimulation not only in the activity itself but in promoting socialising and spending quality time with others to help enrich our residents lives. Through willingly accompanying residents, where possible, to offsite activities, you will go above and beyond for our residents.

In actively assisting with innovative fund-raising initiatives and budgeting for entertainment, materials, and outings, you will enjoy thinking creatively and out of the box with regards to ways in which additional funds can be raised to support our residents activities. You will help to ensure that you and your colleagues create an environment which is supportive, caring and kind and undertake all duties in a way which provides a secure and safe atmosphere in which our residents are valued, respected, retain their individualism and dignity in order to lead full lives.

By showing us you can match our values with the right desire for personalised excellence, community spirit and a kind, caring and compassionate nature, we, in return, can offer you a career developing your knowledge, skills and abilities to support vulnerable adults with the care their individual needs require.

What we require from you:

Experience of working within similar environment

Previous experience within similar type of role

A caring nature with ability to give everyone a personal approach

Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice

Work well under pressure without negative impact to those around you

Warm, approachable, and engaging persona

Outgoing and have an infectious personality

Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated

Resilient and adaptable to differing needs of colleagues and residents

Whats in it for you:

A competitive salary of £12.26

Pension contribution of 5%

Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes

Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid

28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays)

Fully funded training and development

Support with personal development plans

The opportunity to grow and develop both personally and professionally

An engaging community environment where everyone is respected and included

AKOTH

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Experience of working in a similar environment, previous experience in a similar role, a caring nature with the ability to give everyone a personal approach, flexibility, and the ability to work well under pressure.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.