Activity Coordinator

Bupa Healthcare; Leeds; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading health provider in Leeds seeks an Activity Coordinator to create engaging and therapeutic activities for residents. This role involves planning events, managing budgets, and working closely with residents to enhance their wellbeing. Ideal candidates will possess creativity, excellent interpersonal skills, and a passion for making a difference. Benefits include comprehensive health support, generous holiday allowance, and various family-friendly perks.

Benefits

Healthcare support access

Annual healthcare allowance

Free meals on shift

Long service rewards

Interest-free travel loans

Flexible working options

Gym discounts

Sick pay scheme

Qualifications

• Creative thinker with management of budgets and paperwork.
• Interest in caring for others and spreading enthusiasm.
• Ability to create engaging activities for residents.

Responsibilities

• Run morning and afternoon activity sessions.
• Update activity planner while managing a budget.
• Organise events and engage with external performers.
• Facilitate one-on-one interactions with residents.

Skills

Assisted Living

Computer Skills

Dementia Care

Teaching

Social Work

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Publisher

Job description

Activity Co-ordinator

Elmwood Care Home 3 Wetherby Road Oakwood Leeds LS8 2JU

CQC rating – Good

Rating – 9.7 / 10

12.25 per hour

Permanent contract

Day shifts

• 30 hours per week

We make health happen

Here at Bupa we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person‑centred care supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives.

Activity Coordinator role

An activity coordinator in our care home is like the chief fun officer. They create a vibrant joy‑filled atmosphere for our residents. They dream up exciting events and hobbies that residents will love. Think arts and crafts, baking, book clubs and even pub quizzes.

They work closely with our residents and care teams to create tailored activity plans. Whether it’s gentle chair‑based exercise or a garden party they’ve got it covered! Coordinators bring people together for laughter camaraderie and shared experiences. Activities aren’t just fun; they’re also therapeutic. From meditation to wellbeing classes they boost residents spirits and well‑being.

You will help us make health happen by:

• Running morning and afternoon activity sessions.
• Producing and updating an activity planner for the home working to a set activities budget.
• Organising birthday surprises for our residents.
• Liaising with external companies and performers from the local community to organise days out / events at the home.
• Organising one to ones with our residents – this might involve reminiscencing tools, puzzles, reading or just a cup of tea and a chat.
• Supporting the home with their social media channels as required.

Key Skills / Qualifications

You’re a creative thinker with plenty of ideas who can also manage budgets and maintain paperwork effectively, managing priorities as they arise. Wanting to make a real difference you’re interested in caring for others, sharing your sense of humour and spreading your infectious enthusiasm for making peoples lives better.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health from mental and physical to financial social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• My Healthcare – Quick easy access to support advice and treatment for a variety of health‑related issues including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support all available via one phone number 24/7.
• Annual allowance redeemable against a menu of Bupa healthcare products approximate value of 350.
• Free meal on every shift.
• 28 days holiday.
• Long service – For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money.
• Interest‑free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets.
• Wagestream – Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes.
• We offer a range of Bupa pension plans – find out more on our career site.
• Parental leave – We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents – find out more on our career site.
• Menopause Plan – Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health.
• Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK.
• We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams as an addition to statutory sick pay to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.

Why Bupa

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose helping people live longer healthier happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave caring and responsible in everything we do.

We champion diversity

We encourage all of our people to Be you. Bupa champions diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview / assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We will make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Please note this role is not at or above RQF Level 3 and therefore is ineligible for sponsorship under the UK’s Points Based Immigration System.

Required Experience

IC

Key Skills

Assisted Living, Computer Skills, Physical Examinations, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Publisher, Regression Analysis, Serving Experience, Dementia Care, Teaching, Experience with Children, Memory Care, Social Work