Activities Coordinator

Exemplar Ltd; Bramhall; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wages advance

Discounts

DBS check

Counselling

Blue Light Card

Career prospects

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care Adswood Lodge in Stockport is seeking an Activities Coordinator to organise and lead meaningful and entertaining activities for the people we support. You will empower them to live fulfilled and happy lives.

Join a team that values fun, integrity and teamwork, offering regular supervision, development opportunities and a supportive environment to help people engage in hobbies and community life.

Qualifications

• Responsibilities include organising individual activity plans based on people’s goals and interests.
• Foster community spirit through group activities.
• Support people to maintain current and take up new hobbies, interests and educational opportunities.
• Assist people to become more involved in their local community.
• Celebrate national awareness days, holidays and individual/collective achievements.
• Promote choice, dignity and independence.

Responsibilities

• Deliver truly person-centred activities with a supportive team.
• Work within a values-driven culture focused on fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.
• Organise and lead activities that empower adults living with complex needs.

Job description

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., 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.

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.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference every day. Join us as our new Activities Coordinator/Life Skills Coordinator at Adswood Lodge care home in Stockport. About Exemplar Health Care Adswood Lodge is part of Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with complex and high acuity needs. We support adults living with complex mental health needs and neuro disabilities including Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease. As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress., Exemplar Health Care began as a healthcare consultancy and training firm. But we soon saw a gap in the sector: a lack of care homes for younger adults living with complex needs. That insight shaped the mission we still live by today - to transform complex care and provide fulfilling opportunities for the people who need it most. We're now proud to have more than 60 care homes across England, providing nursing care for adults living with dementia, neuro-disabilities, mental health conditions, and physical disabilities. Whoever you are, and whatever experience you bring, there are lots of ways you can help us make every day better for the people we support.

• 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.