Activities Coordinator

Hartford Care Ltd; Hawkinge; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid training and development

Job summary

Hartford Care Ltd is seeking an Activities Coordinator at Hawkinge House, Folkestone. You will design engaging, personalised activities to enhance residents' quality of life while respecting privacy, dignity, and independence.

Join a dedicated team and deliver a flexible program including physical, social and creative activities, with full training provided and opportunities for ongoing development.

Qualifications

• No previous experience is required for this role.
• Full training will be provided.
• Organised, sociable and active; enjoys bringing people together.

Responsibilities

• Create stimulating and meaningful activities for residents.
• Tailor activities to individual skills, hobbies and interests.
• Lead activities such as chair exercises, arts and crafts and reminiscence.
• Accompany residents to local events when needed.
• Help maintain a happy, caring atmosphere putting residents first.

Job description

Employment Overview

Employment Type: Full Time Hours available / 40 hours per week / Includes alternate weekend work

Home: Hawkinge House, Folkestone, CT18 7SS

As an Activities Coordinator you will provide stimulating and meaningful activities for our residents. You will tailor these activities, taking into account individual skills, hobbies and interests, aiming to improve the quality of life, whilst promoting and upholding our resident’s privacy, dignity and independence at all times.

Your role is to create a happy and caring atmosphere; putting residents needs first, providing a wide range of physical, social, emotional and psychological activities tailored to the individual. We respect differencesand recognise our staff and residents will have different needs. This is a varied role which may include you accompanying residents to the local country fair, leading a chair exercise class, reminiscing with a resident about their childhood holidays, or doing arts and crafts.

No previous experience is required for this role as we will provide full training. This role would be suited to you if you enjoy leading and organising activities, are organised, you are sociable, active, loving bringing people together.

We do require you to demonstrate a flexible, hard working and caring attitude, with a desire to work as part of a dedicated team, showing care and compassion at all times.

Benefits

Not only is this a great role and a fantastic team to work in, with fair and competitive pay, but we also offer a variety of other financial and non-financial benefits to support you at work, including opportunities for paid training and development throughout your career. Please see a summary of some of the things you will receive if you choose Hartford Care.

Other

This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.