Activities Coordinator

Loveday & Co Enterprise; London; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider of luxury care services in London is seeking an Activities Co-ordinator. This role focuses on planning and maintaining engaging activities for elderly residents, ensuring they lead full and active lives while preserving their dignity and independence. The successful candidate will enjoy the London Living Wage along with various perks including staff meals and opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

Staff Meals

Health Assured Employee Assistance Program

Discretionary Bonus

Comprehensive Training and Development

Scope for Progression within the company

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading engaging activities for seniors.
• Ability to create tailored social care plans.
• Knowledge of community groups and resources.

Responsibilities

• Organise and plan activities within the home.
• Consult with residents to identify their recreational needs.
• Liaise with community groups for enhancing residents' lives.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Communication

Empathy

Leadership

Education

Experience in elderly care or related field

Job description

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Loveday
& Co. offers over 100 years of combined experience in elderly care,
healthcare and hospitality. Loveday is recognised as the premier provider of
luxury care services in London.

The
Mission

We are
passionately devoted to enhancing the lives of our members and their families.
We blend our expertise in providing tailored, compassionate care, with
world-class hospitality, to create an unrivalled culture of uncompromising
excellence in everything we do. Based on the success of our award winning first
home in Chelsea Loveday, we are expanding across London with both additional
properties and innovative new services for seniors.

Scope

We
currently have an exciting opportunity for an Activities Co-ordinator to join the
Loveday team. The role will lead and encourage Members to join in meaningful
activities whilst maintaining their independence, choice and dignity, to enable
them to lead as full and active life as possible.

Key
accountabilities:

1. Organise and plan all activities within the home

2.
To lead and encourage Members to join in meaningful
activities whilst maintaining their independence, choice and dignity, to enable
them to lead as full and active life as possible.

3.
To create a stimulating and varied programme of
leisure activities and social events, inside and outside of the home, for
residents to enjoy.

4.
To work with each new Member to understand their likes
and dislikes, abilities

5.
and needs to put together an individual social care
plan and to evaluate regularly.

6.
To engage the local community into the daily lives of
residents by initiating contact with local community groups enabling residents
to partake and continue with hobbies and interests as desired.

Main
duties and responsibilities

·
To
consult with each Member and their families and friends where required in order
to identify their social and recreational requirements according to their likes
and dislikes, abilities and personal preferences.

·
To
ensure the lifestyle care plan for each Member is in place within 2 weeks from
the date of admission and it is kept up to date and regularly reviewed.

·
To
liaise and consult with staff and relatives regarding the care of Members and
particular activities that may be beneficial, enjoyable and stimulating.

·
To
produce a monthly, weekly and daily programme of wonderful activities and
social events and ensure it is advertised within the home and communicated to
all Members.

·
To
liaise with relatives and staff regarding special individual requirements such
as birthdays and anniversaries, cultural and religious festivals and
celebrations, and to be aware of the religious calendar that may affect
activity pursuits, relevant to the ethnic mix of Members.

·
To
familiarise and connect with all key community groups and businesses whose
particular expertise would make an invaluable contribution to the care home.

·
To
regularly assess the effectiveness of the social events and activities
programme.

·
To
work as an active team member with your colleagues within the home to ensure

·
the
highest standards of care are achieved.

·
To
undertake any reasonable request which facilitates the resident’s right to
choice, dignity and respect.

Renumeration,
Perks and Benefits

The successful candidate will be paid the London Living Wage and will
enjoy perks and benefits such as:

• Staff
  Meals
• Health
  Assured Employee Assistance Program
• DiscretionaryBonus
• Comprehensive
  Training and Development
• Scope
  for progression and promotion within the company as we grow from one Care
  Home to the development and subsequent opening of four new homes in
  London.

In line with the requirements of the Asylum & Immigration Act 1996,
all applicants must either be eligible to live and work in the UK or must
obtain permits to work in the UK prior to application. Documented evidence of
eligibility will be required from candidates as part of the recruitment
process.

Loveday & Co is an equal
opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably
qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, age, disability,
sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or
pregnancy and maternity.