Activities Coordinator

Exemplar Health Care; St Helen Auckland; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular supervision

Peer support

Learning opportunities and careerPros

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Job summary

Laurel Place, part of Exemplar Health Care in Bishop Auckland, is seeking an Activities Coordinator to design and deliver person-centred activities. You will create tailored activity plans, encourage residents to participate in community and develop new interests, while maintaining dignity and independence in daily life.

Join a supportive team with induction and learning opportunities. Benefits include DBS support, career development, and regular supervision in a caring environment.

Qualifications

• Caring, kind and able to see the funny side of life.
• Creative thinker, always on the lookout for new activities and ideas.
• Enthusiastic, encouraging and inclusive.
• Born organiser with a positive, can-do approach.
• Great at listening and communicating.
• Understanding of individual needs.

Responsibilities

• Organise individual activity plans based on people’s goals and interests.
• Foster community spirit through group activities.
• Support people to maintain and take up hobbies or educational opportunities.
• Help people become more involved in their local community.
• Celebrate national awareness days and individual achievements.
• Promote choice, dignity and independence.

Skills

Caring

Creative thinker

Enthusiastic

Organiser

Listening and communication

Person-centred approach

Job description

Position: Activities Coordinator

Care home: Laurel Place

Location: Gudmensen Avenue, Bishop Auckland, DL14 6RG

Contract type: 40hrs per week. Weekend availability required

Rate: £12.71 per hour

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.

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.