Activities Coordinator

Exemplar Health Care; Warrington; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Regular supervision

Peer support

Learning opportunities

Career progression

Wages before payday

Discounts

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care’s Woolston House in Warrington is seeking an Activities Coordinator to organise engaging activities for residents and lead a new team. The role focuses on creating meaningful daily plans tailored to individual goals and interests, while fostering a vibrant community within the care home.

You’ll work in a state-of-the-art home with strong values of fun, integrity and teamwork, and benefit from induction, buddy support and ongoing training to develop professionally.

Qualifications

• Caring, kind and able to see the funny side of life.
• Creative thinker, always looking 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.

Skills

People skills

Creativity

Communication

Organisational skills

Inclusive mindset

Job description

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Activities Coordinator

Woolston House, Warrington

Position: Activities Coordinator

Care home: Woolston House

Location: Woolston, Warrington

Contract type: Full Time - 40 hours - weekends included

Rate: £12.71 per hour

Are 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 join a brand new team, in a state of the art home. You’ll have the chance to really make your mark.

Join us as our new Activities Coordinator at Woolston House care home in Warrington.

About Exemplar Health Care

Woolston House is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers.

Woolston House supports adults living with complex mental health needs, dementia, neuro-disabilities including brain injuries and strokes, Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease, 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.

Download our job description to read more: https://brochures.exemplarhc.com/view/1030735227/

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.

Please 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.

We will never ask for payment for job opportunities. Any website or individual requesting money for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) while claiming to represent us is not associated with our organisation. If you’re asked for money in connection with a role, please contact [e-mail].