Activities Coordinator

Different Technologies Pty Ltd.; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 23,144,000 - 28,930,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay hours

Enhanced bank holiday pay

Refer a Friend £1000

Enhanced DBS paid by company

Comprehensive induction programme

Apprenticeship opportunities

Confidential support helpline

Uniforms

Job summary

Loos e Valley Care Home in Maidstone seeks an Activities Coordinator to support residents with a wide range of physical, emotional, and social needs. You will help plan and run weekly activity programmes, create newsletters, and assist residents with communication tools, including internet access and video calls.

Training and development are provided, with opportunities for progression within the Nellsar group.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring that residents are at the heart of care delivery and their wishes and preferences are taken into consideration to enhance their wellbeing.
• Organising and planning weekly activity programmes (within allocated budget) reflecting residents’ preferences, & a written rota to be produced. Update activities boards around the home.
• Creating risk assessments for activities and consent forms for families / residents.
• Producing newsletters to inform residents and their relatives/friends about activities / liaise with the Marketing team in typing up activities and producing information for Newsletters.
• Supporting residents to access the internet and other communication methods such as letter writing, Skype and FaceTime.

Job description

Job Vacancy: Activities Coordinator Location: Loose Valley Care Home, 15 Linton Road, Maidstone, Kent ME15 0AG Contracted hours: 24 hours (6 hour shift pattern on a rota system) (Hourly) rate of pay: Starting from £13.40

As Activities Coordinator, you will enjoy being a part of an exceptionally supportive team, welcoming you into providing outstanding physical, emotional, and social assistance to the people living at Loose Valley Care Home.

Being a caring heart, with a passion for making people happy, you will thrive on bringing a smile on our residents’ face, whilst supporting their physical and mental wellbeing. Being a kind, compassionate person who respects people’s personal choice, dignity, and privacy, we would be honoured to welcome you in our team.

Nellsar is committed to developing and training our staff in order to ensure high quality care is provided to our residents and the successful candidate will receive on-going training and development with opportunities for progression within the Company, including apprenticeships to new and existing staff.

You will have the opportunity to excel

The Activities Coordinator responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Ensuring that residents are at the heart of care delivery and their wishes and preferences are taken into consideration to enhance their wellbeing.
• Organising and planning weekly activity programmes (within allocated budget) reflecting residents’ preferences, & a written rota to be produced. Update activities boards around the home.
• Creating risk assessments for activities and consent forms for families / residents.
• Producing newsletters to inform residents and their relatives/friends about activities / liaise with the Marketing team in typing up activities and producing information for Newsletters.
• Supporting residents to access the internet and other communication methods such as letter writing, Skype and FaceTime.

To maintain skills at a current level and to undertake such training and development as required, from time-to-time, to maintain and progress knowledge.

For more information on the role and to see the job description and person specification, please visit – https://recruitment.nellsar.com/activities-coordinator-job-description/

What we offer in return to your dedication:

• Competitive pay and paid training hours
• Enhanced pay rate for Bank Holidays
• ‘Refer a Friend’ payments of up to £1000
• Enhanced DBS paid for by the company
• Comprehensive induction programme
• Access to funded qualifications via the apprenticeship programme
• Free 24-hour access to confidential employee support helpline
• Nellsar work uniforms

If you would like to obtain more details about this exciting role, please contact Loose Valley Care Home at: 01622 745 959..

Why Choose Us?

Nellsar has been a family-run Company since 1988 and we provide exceptional care for residents across our group of 13 Care Homes in Kent, Surrey, and Essex. We consistently strive to achieve the highest standards of professional and person-centred care, and we achieve this by promoting the wellbeing and development of our team members. Our values focus on the individual, creating an inclusive environment with both residents and our teams at the heart of what we do every day.

• We are passionate about making every day count and bringing colour and laughter to the people living in our home, their visitors and the team supporting them.
• More information about Loose Valley Care Home is available here https://loose-valley.nellsar.c...
• You will be an important member of the Loose Valley family, who will support you to reach your goals and feel accomplished by enhancing other people’s quality of life.

Nellsar is an Equal Opportunity employer. We value diversity and inclusion, and we are committed to creating a work environment that embraces and celebrates individual differences.

Thank you for considering the possibility of joining the Nellsar family, we are looking forward to welcoming you!