Activity Coordinator

Allegra Care; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A care home provider in Peterborough is seeking a passionate individual for a full-time role in the activities team. You'll work closely with the care team to provide quality activities that enhance residents' physical and mental health. This position requires at least a year of relevant experience, excellent organizational skills, and a commitment to making residents’ lives joyful. If you're enthusiastic about bringing fun and meaningful activities to seniors, apply today!

Qualifications

• At least a year of similar experience, preferably in a care home environment.
• Great communication and planning skills with an eye for detail.
• Ability to promote happiness and opportunities for residents to express themselves.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the care team and residents to provide quality activities.
• Design annual activities plans and manage them within a budget.
• Ensure residents find joy in life through structured activities.

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

Job description

Cherry Allegra Care Home.

At Allegra Care we follow a household model of care creating warm family-style environments where residents feel truly at home.

Our compassionate teams build meaningful relationships supporting independence dignity and wellbeing every day.

Join us and make a genuine difference in a caring close-knit community.

In this exciting role you will work as a member of our activities team in the home. This is a hands‑on role and you will work closely with our care team residents relatives / friends and the wider community to provide the very best quality activities to help maintain both physical and mental health.

You’ll delight in providing our residents with opportunities to develop new hobbies and maintain current interests.

The role is a full‑time job with an agreed 36‑hour schedule over seven days including alternate weekends.

You’ll need to be flexible possibly when a special event is planned as you might work fewer hours during the week and a bit extra in the evening or over the weekend for example.

About you

You are a natural people person who is (very) good at organising

You’ll have at least a year of similar experience preferably in a care home environment.

You’ll be a great communicator and a great planner with an eye for detail. You’ll design our annual activities plans manage them to a budget enthuse the home and community to be involved and share stories about life in the home.

We asked Zoe one of our team to tell us what we should advertise for & this is what she said :

My thoughts are with any activities role you need to be creative passionate & dedicated to the position. The activities role is such a rewarding position as we get to enrich residents lives every day by bringing fun meaningful structured activities into there day to day living within the home. You need to be able to promote happiness and opportunities for residents to express themselves.

Your face shall be the face that the residents love to see every morning with an empathetic happy demeanour to start there day & in return you see the happiness and smiles that you have brought to there lives through this role.

You need to be super organised a multitasker accurate with all recording & adaptable.

You’re passionate enthusiastic and you’ll love helping our residents find the joy in life every day!

Its genuinely one of the best jobs in care so if it sounds good... apply today!

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

Other Details

• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Experience: years
• Vacancy: 1