Activities Lead - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Guildford; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as an Activities Lead, where your creativity and empathy will shine. This rewarding role involves creating engaging activities tailored to residents' interests, promoting their wellbeing and social engagement. You'll collaborate with the community engagement team and manage social media to showcase the vibrant life at the care home. With a focus on celebrating life, you'll inspire both residents and staff to participate in enriching experiences. If you're passionate about making a difference and enjoy working in a supportive environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Free training and development

Access to wellbeing tools

Retail discounts

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Employee of the Month rewards

Long Service Awards

Qualifications

• Warm, empathetic, and personable with strong organizational skills.
• Creative approach to inspire residents and staff in activities.

Responsibilities

• Create imaginative and motivational activities for residents.
• Update the home's social media platforms and engage with the community.

Skills

Organizational Skills

Empathy

Creativity

Communication Skills

Community Engagement

Education

Experience in Activities Coordination

Tools

Social Media Platforms

Wellbeing and Support Tools

Job description

ABOUT THE ROLE
As an Activities Lead at a Barchester care home, you’ll help to create a stimulating environment that enables us to deliver exceptional all-round care and support for our residents. You will be computer literate and able to work closely with our community engagement team to create community links and showcase our Home. You will also be responsible for updating the home's social media platforms. Our ethos is all about celebrating life, so you’ll help to devise imaginative, fun, and motivational activities that suit every interest and ability. An extremely rewarding role, part of your time as an Activities Coordinator will be spent getting to know our residents and their families before you create tailored activities programmes focused on maximising everyone’s wellbeing, independence, and social engagement.

ABOUT YOU
You’ll need to be warm, empathetic, and personable to join us as an Activities Lead. Your organisational skills and driven mindset mean you always get things done and make things happen. Meanwhile, your infectious enthusiasm and creative approach will inspire our residents and staff to get involved in activities both within the home and in the local community. Any similar experience would be ideal, but it isn’t essential – especially because we’ll make sure you have the training you need to develop your skills and progress your career with us.

REWARDS PACKAGE
In return for your dedication, you’ll receive a competitive rate of pay plus our sector-leading benefits and rewards package including:

1. Free training and development for all roles
2. Access to wellbeing and support tools
3. A range of retail discounts and savings
4. Unlimited referrals with our ‘Refer a Friend’ bonus scheme
5. ‘Employee of the Month’ rewards and ‘Long Service Awards’

And so much more!

If you’d like to use your planning and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you’d expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.