Divisional Activities & Life Enrichment Lead

Barchester Healthcare; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare's Central Division invites an experienced Divisional Activities Lead to support activity coordinator staff across homes and drive a whole-home life enrichment approach, ensuring compliance with the Life Enrichment Framework to drive outstanding regulatory results.

You will travel across the country, conduct visits to homes, develop action plans for underperforming sites, and lead quarterly meetings with Activity Coordinators to share ideas and best practices.

Qualifications

• GCSE level maths and English.
• Experience delivering in-person wellbeing and activities sessions.
• Ability to communicate at all levels, including with senior audiences.
• Proven track record in delivering against targets under pressure.
• Evidence of ability to work effectively within a multi-functional team.
• Full UK driving licence, with ability to travel across the country, including overnight stays - essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide ongoing support to activities staff across the division.
• Ensure an effective action plan is in place for underperforming homes.
• Weekly visits to homes that are identified as needing support.
• Carry out quarterly face to face meetings with Activity Coordinators to share ideas, good practice, lessons learnt.
• Provide ideas for activities that link to the local community.
• Develop key relationships with organisations that in turn can support our vision to deliver life Enrichment in local homes.
• Support with the recruitment and training of activities staff.
• Analyse divisional and corporate data to provide an overview of delivery of activities.
• Aid activities staff with understanding digital tools and equipment available to them.
• Ensure you are aligned with the resident experience team and life enrichment training specialists.
• Work collaboratively with divisional experts to produce guidance, support, and policies.
• Work across departments within the company including the marketing team, quality and regulation, nursing, dementia and procurement.

Skills

Communication at all levels

Deliver wellbeing and activities

Target achievement under pressure

Multifunctional teamwork

Full UK driving licence

Education

GCSE maths and English

Job description

Barchester Healthcare's Central Division invites an experienced Divisional Activities Lead to support activity coordinator staff across homes and drive a whole-home life enrichment approach, ensuring compliance with the Life Enrichment Framework to drive outstanding regulatory results.

You will travel across the country, conduct visits to homes, develop action plans for underperforming sites, and lead quarterly meetings with Activity Coordinators to share ideas and best practices.