ACTIVITIES PROGRAMME ASSISTANT

Jewish Care; Greater London; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

Jewish Care seeks an Activities Programme Assistant to join our Dennis Community Centre and help create meaningful, person-centred day services for older people across our two centres. You’ll work with the Senior Programme Assistant and Centre Coordinator to plan, run and support a wide range of activities reflecting members’ interests, abilities, culture and needs.

This varied role includes supporting both general elder care and our specialist dementia service, ensuring continuity, dignity and

Qualifications

• Experience working with older people and/or disabled people.
• Good listener with sensitive communication.
• Willingness to learn and provide person-centred support.

Responsibilities

• Deliver engaging activities and programmes that promote social connection, wellbeing and participation.
• Adapt activities to meet diverse physical, cognitive, emotional and cultural needs.
• Build positive and trusting relationships with members, families, carers and volunteers.
• Create a calm, welcoming and dementia-friendly environment.
• Support members who may experience distress or changes in behaviour, recognising triggers and responding sensitively.
• Monitor members’ wellbeing and report changes to senior colleagues.
• Provide personal support aligned with care plans and procedures to maintain dignity and comfort.
• Collaborate with colleagues, social work teams, families, and external professionals to enable higher-need members to participate safely.
• Support volunteers and collaborate with wider programming teams.
• Help members access technology for activities at centre or home.
• Assist with safe transport arrangements (Dial-a-Ride, community transport, private hire, public transport).
• Contribute to safeguarding and overall safety and wellbeing of members.
• Support events and wider community activities that bring people together.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Activity planning

Dementia awareness

Job description

Helping people connect, participate and thrive every day.

We are looking for an Activities Programme Assistant to join our team and help make every day meaningful for the older people who use our services.

Hours:

30 hours per week, Monday to Thursday

Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of older people?

Join Jewish Care and help create engaging, meaningful and supportive days for our members across our Dennis Community Centre.

About Jewish Care

Jewish Care’s Community Centres are at the heart of our strategy, providing safe, stimulating and supportive environments where older people can connect, participate and thrive.

Our centres offer meaningful activities, social opportunities and personalised support that enhance the quality of life and wellbeing of our members. Working within our Campus model, you’ll have the opportunity to support people across our Centre helping create a welcoming and inclusive experience for everyone.

Our centres are also a vital source of respite and reassurance for families and carers, knowing their loved ones are supported, valued and engaged in a warm, Jewish community.

About The Role

As an Activities Programme Assistant, you’ll play a key role in delivering vibrant, person-centred day services across our two centres.

You’ll work alongside the Senior Programme Assistant and Centres Coordinator to plan, run and support a wide range of meaningful activities and programmes. You’ll get to know our members as individuals, understand what matters to them and help create activities that reflect their interests, abilities, culture and needs.

This is a varied, hands-on role where no two days are quite the same. You’ll work across both the general older people’s service and our specialist dementia service, helping ensure members experience continuity, dignity and belonging wherever they access our services.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Supporting and delivering engaging activities and programmes that promote social connection, wellbeing and participation.
• Adapting activities to meet different physical, cognitive, emotional and cultural needs.
• Building positive and trusting relationships with members, families, carers and volunteers.
• Creating a calm, welcoming and dementia-friendly environment.
• Supporting members who may experience distress or changes in behaviour, recognising triggers and responding sensitively.
• Monitoring members’ wellbeing and reporting changes in behaviour, mood, mobility or engagement to senior colleagues.
• Providing personal support when required, in line with individual care plans and agreed procedures, helping members maintain their dignity, independence and comfort.
• Working alongside colleagues, social work teams, families and external professionals to ensure members with higher support needs can participate safely.
• Supporting volunteers and working collaboratively with the wider programming and Explore teams.
• Helping members access appropriate technology so they can participate in activities both at the centre and at home.
• Supporting safe and effective transport arrangements, including helping members organise Dial-a-Ride, community transport, private hire and public transport.
• Contributing to safeguarding, risk management and the overall safety and wellbeing of our members.
• Supporting events and wider community activities that bring people together.

About You

We’re looking for someone who is warm, enthusiastic, compassionate and genuinely enjoys working with people.

You’ll have experience of working with older people and/or disabled people and be confident supporting individuals with a range of welfare, wellbeing or social care needs. You’ll be a good listener, able to communicate sensitively and build strong relationships with people from a wide range of backgrounds.

You don’t need to have worked in a dementia service before, although experience of working with people living with dementia and dementia awareness training would be an advantage. What matters most is your attitude, your willingness to learn and your commitment to providing excellent, person-centred support.

Why join us?

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing service at an exciting time, working across our established Dennis Community Centre.

You’ll have the opportunity to make a genuine difference every day - helping older people remain connected, active and valued, while providing reassurance and support to their families and carers.

If you’re someone who brings energy, kindness, creativity and compassion to your work and wants to help create day services where people feel they truly belong, we’d love to hear from you.

Make every day meaningful. Join Jewish Care and make a difference.

Jewish Care is the largest provider of health and social care services for the Jewish community in the UK. Every week, we touch the lives of 10,000 people. We provide services to a range of people including older people, people with mental health needs and people living with dementia.

Our five values are at the heart of the way we work. They drive how we act as individuals and as an organisation and shape our culture. We value Excellence, Integrity, Innovation, Compassion, and Inclusivity.