Activities Coordinator

Exemplar Health Care; Bishop Auckland; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Bishop Auckland is seeking an enthusiastic Activities Coordinator to organise fun and meaningful activities for residents. This role involves creating individual plans, fostering community engagement, and ensuring everyone feels valued. Ideal candidates should be caring, creative, and have excellent communication skills. Opportunities for development and perks are included.

Benefits

Regular supervision and support

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• Caring and kind personality.
• Creative thinker looking for new activities.
• Ability to support diverse individual needs.

Responsibilities

• Organise individual activity plans based on unique goals.
• Foster community spirit through group activities.
• Assist people in local community involvement.

Skills

Organisational skills

Creativity

Communication skills

Empathy

Job description

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Activities Coordinator

Laurel Place, Bishop Auckland

Position: Activities Coordinator

Care home: Laurel Place

Location: Gudmensen Avenue, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6RG

Contract type: 40 hours per week

Rate: £12.21 per hour

Are you an enthusiastic people person who loves to bring the fun? As an Activities Coordinator, you’ll organise and lead meaningful and entertaining activities for the people we support. You’ll play a key role in empowering them to live fulfilled and happy lives.

Join us as our Activities Coordinator at Laurel Place care home in Bishop Auckland.

About Exemplar Health Care

Laurel Place is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers.

Laurel Place supports adults living with complex needs, such as acquired brain injuries, complex mental health needs, dementia and physical disabilities.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

About The Role

Our Activities Coordinators organise creative and fun activities for the people we support.

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• organising individual activity plans based on people’s unique goals and interests
• fostering community spirit through group activities
• supporting people to maintain their current, and take up new, hobbies, interests and educational opportunities
• assisting people to become more involved in their local community
• celebrating national awareness days, holidays and individual/collective achievements
• promoting choice, dignity and independence.
  
  

As part of our mission to make every day better, our high staffing levels give you the time to deliver truly person-centred activities, with a supportive team around you.

Download Our Job Description To Read More

https://brochures.exemplarhc.com/view/1030735227/

About You

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You’re Also

• caring, kind and able to see the funny side of life
• a creative thinker, always on the lookout for new activities and ideas
• enthusiastic, encouraging and inclusive
• a born organiser with a positive, can-do approach
• great at listening and communicating
• understanding of individual needs.
  
  

You’ll put people at the heart of everything you do.

If you haven’t worked in the care sector before, we’ll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy and ongoing training programmes.

We value relevant experience and qualifications, but they aren’t essential for this role.

What We Offer

We offer great rewards and perks including:

• regular supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• access to wages before payday
• retail and lifestyle discounts
• free DBS check
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility.
  
  

How To Apply

Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.

For an informal chat about joining us, call us on 01977 630830 or email [e-mail]

Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.