Activities coordinator

Exemplar Health Care; Sutton-in-Ashfield; Hybrid; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular supervision

Peer support

Career prospects

Wages before payday

Discounts

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care is recruiting an Activities Coordinator at Eastlands care home in Sutton-in-Ashfield. You’ll organise and lead meaningful activities for residents, helping them stay engaged and enjoy daily life. A supportive team and strong focus on dignity and independence are core to the role.

You’ll work 24 hours per week at £12.71 per hour, with weekend flexibility, in a role that aims to improve quality of life for residents living with complex needs.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic, people-person who loves to bring the fun.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• organising individual activity plans based on people’s 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.

Job description

# Activities coordinatorSutton in Ashfield, NG17 4BR**Position**: Activities Coordinator **Care home**: Eastlands **Location**: Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 4BR **Contract type**: Part time 24 hours per week (must be flexible for occasional weekend working) **Rate**: £12.71 per hour **Care home CQC rating**: Good**Are you an enthusiastic people person who loves to bring the fun? As an Activities Coordinator, you’ll lead your team in organising meaningful and entertaining activities for the people we support. You’ll play a key role in empowering them to live fulfilled and happy lives.**This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference every day. Join us as our new Lead Activities Coordinator/Life Skills Coordinator at Eastlands care home in Sutton-in-Ashfield.### **About Exemplar Health Care**Eastlands 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, dementia and physical disabilities. The home’s Robin Unit is exclusively for people who identify as male.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****re 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.**This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference every day. Join us as our new Activities Coordinator/Life Skills Coordinator at Eastlands care home in Sutton in Ashfield.### **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 Exemplar Health Care**Eastlands 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, dementia and physical disabilities. The home’s Robin Unit is exclusively for people who identify as male.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.Please note, if you hold a full clean driving licence, this is a bonus.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.### **How to apply**Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.For an informal chat about joining us, call us on 01977 630830 or email [e-mail] note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.Apply