Activities Coordinator

Exemplar Health Care; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Supervision

Wages before payday

Discounts

DBS check

Counselling support

Blue Light Card

Job summary

Exemplar Health Care's Birch View care home in Radford, Coventry is seeking an Activities Coordinator to plan and lead meaningful activities for residents, helping them live fulfilled and joyful lives.

You will design individual activity plans, run group activities, support hobbies, encourage local community involvement, and promote dignity and independence as part of a brand-new team in a state-of-the-art home.

Qualifications

• Must be a caring, kind individual who can see the funny side of life.
• Creative thinker always looking for new activities and ideas.
• Enthusiastic, encouraging and inclusive with strong listening and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Organise individual activity plans based on residents' goals and interests.
• Foster community spirit through group activities.
• Support residents to pursue hobbies, interests and educational opportunities.
• Help residents engage with their local community.
• Celebrate national awareness days and individual or group achievements.
• Promote choice, dignity and independence.

Skills

People person

Organiser

Creative thinker

Listening

Communication

Enthusiastic

Adaptable

Job description

Position: Activities Coordinator

Care home: Birch View

Location: Sherwood Jones Close, Radford, Coventry, CV6 1QT

Contract type: Full time, 40 hours per week

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 be part of something new. You'll shape the culture of a brand new team, in a state of the art, purpose built home designed with the people we support in mind.

Join us as our new Activities Coordinator at Birch View care home in Radford, Coventry.

About Exemplar Health Care

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

When open, Birch View will support adults living with 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

The people we support enjoy a full and active lifestyle, thanks to our team of Activities Coordinators who organise creative and engaging experiences.

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.

About You

Above all, you're someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

• 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 and have a genuine desire to make a difference

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.