Activities Coordinator, Maidstone Kent

Nellsar Careers; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 23,210,000 - 30,169,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay hours

Enhanced DBS paid

Training and progression

Refer a Friend payments up to £1000

Uniform provided

Supportive team

Pension

Induction programme

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Nellsar is seeking an Activities Coordinator for Lulworth House Residential Care Home in Maidstone. You will plan and run weekly activity programmes, support residents' physical, emotional, and social wellbeing, and ensure activities respect residents' choices, dignity and privacy.

We offer ongoing training, development opportunities, enhanced DBS, and a supportive team environment. The role is 24 hours across three days per week on a seven day rota, with pay from £13.50 per hour.

Qualifications

• Being a caring and compassionate person with a passion for residents' wellbeing.
• Ability to plan weekly activity programmes within budget.
• Experience in supporting residents with communication and social activities.

Responsibilities

• Organising weekly activity programmes and updating activity boards.
• Creating risk assessments and consent forms for activities.
• Producing newsletters and liaising with staff to inform residents and families.

Skills

Activities planning

Care home support

Job description

Job Vacancy: Activities Coordinator
Location: Lulworth House Residential Care Home, Queens Avenue, Maidstone Kent ME16 0EN
Contracted hours: 24 hours (3 days per week, over a 7 day rota), days per week discussed at interview
(Hourly) rate of pay: From £13.50

As Activities Coordinator you will enjoy being a part of an exceptionally supportive team, welcoming you into providing outstanding physical, emotional, and social assistance to the people living at Lulworth House Residential Care Home.

The perfect role for you

Being a caring heart, with a passion for making people happy, you will thrive on bringing a smile on our residents' face, whilst supporting their physical and mental wellbeing. Being a kind, compassionate person who respects people's personal choice, dignity, and privacy, we would be honoured to welcome you in our team.

Nellsar is committed to developing and training our staff in order to ensure high quality care is provided to our residents and the successful candidate will receive on-going training and development with opportunities for progression within the Company, including apprenticeships to new and existing staff.

You will have the opportunity to excel

The Activities Coordinator responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Ensuring that residents are at the heart of care delivery and their wishes and preferences are taken into consideration to enhance their wellbeing.
• Organising and planning weekly activity programmes (within allocated budget) reflecting residents' preferences, & a written rota to be produced. Update activities boards around the home.
• Creating risk assessments for activities and consent forms for families / residents.
• Producing newsletters to inform residents and their relatives/friends about activities / liaise with the Marketing team in typing up activities and producing information for Newsletters.
• Supporting residents to access the internet and other communication methods such as letter writing, Skype and FaceTime.

To maintain skills at a current level and to undertake such training and development as required, from time-to-time, to maintain and progress knowledge.

For more information on the role and to see the job description and person specification, please visit – https://recruitment.nellsar.com/activities-coordinator-job-description/

What we offer in return to your dedication:

• Competitive pay and paid training hours
• Enhanced pay rate for Bank Holidays
• Workplace pension
• 'Refer a Friend' payments of up to £1000
• Enhanced DBS paid for by the company
• Comprehensive induction programme
• Access to funded qualifications via the apprenticeship programme
• Working in a supportive team
• The opportunity to help your team develop
• Free 24-hour access to confidential employee support helpline
• Nellsar work uniforms

If you would like to obtain more details about this exciting role, please contact Lulworth House Residential Care Home at: 01622 683 231.

Why Choose Us?

• We are passionate about making every day count and bringing colour and laughter to the people living in our home, their visitors and the team supporting them.
• More information about Lulworth House Residential Care Home is available here https://loose-valley.nellsar.c...
• You will be an important member of the Lulworth House family, who will support you to reach your goals and feel accomplished by enhancing other people's quality of life.

Nellsar is an Equal Opportunity employer. We value diversity and inclusion, and we are committed to creating a work environment that embraces and celebrates individual differences.