Activities Coordinator

Recooty; Westwood; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care home provider in Westwood is looking for an Activities Coordinator to plan and organize engaging activities for residents, ensuring their individual needs and preferences are met. The ideal candidate will have a warm personality and enthusiasm to inspire participation. Competitive wage offered.

Qualifications

• Empathetic and warm personality to inspire residents.
• Ability to organize diverse activities and events.
• Good communication skills to liaise with residents and staff.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with care staff to arrange beneficial activities.
• Organize cultural activities for residents.
• Plan daily activities to ensure participation.
• Document activities and maintain care plans.

Skills

Empathy

Organizational skills

Communication

Enthusiasm

Job description

Job Brief

As an Activities Coordinator at Discovery Care, you will work closely with the home manager / deputy manager to organise both social and person‑centred activities to meet the needs and requests of our residents, ensuring they receive the exceptional care and support that they so deserve.

Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for liaising with Care Staff regarding potential activities that will be beneficial to our residents, and arranging appropriate activities, such as light exercise, arts & crafts, puzzles, knitting, sing‑a‑longs, days out, seasonal events and lots more.
• We would also expect you to organise special cultural activities, catering to religious calendars for example: Hanukkah, Diwali, Christmas, Easter, Et Al.
• Keeping in mind the likes and dislikes of the residents, ensuring they enjoy the activities offered to them.
• You will organise all social activities / diversional therapy within the Home, considering residents' particular likes and dislikes as appropriate.
• You will incorporate New Residents into the activities programmes within the Home.
• You will liaise with Care Staff regarding special individual requirements, such as the celebration of birthdays and anniversaries.
• You will organise, and be involved in, activities that involve community visits outside the Home. To co‑ordinate the availability of transport for residents for such visits.
• You will plan activities to a set timetable, this takes in to consideration participation of every resident within the Home and to ensure that these are communicated to residents and staff alike.
• You will plan daily activities that includes at least one main group activity and one to one sessions.
• You will ensure the provision of specialist media for residents with special needs (news tapes, book tapes, large‑letter books and Braille, as required).
• You will communicate and liaise with relatives and friends of residents as needed.
• You will assist care staff during mealtimes by assisting resident to eat to promote protected mealtimes.
• You will liaise with Care Staff to ensure that activities are documented on appropriate Care Plans and in Care Plan records.
• You will make records of all activities conducted including which residents have participated.

About You

To be successful in this role you’ll need to have an empathetic and warm personality, as well as showing genuine enthusiasm to help inspire our residents to get involved.

The care home is based in Margate so you would be expected to be able to travel there and back.

Wage

Competitive