Activity Coordinator

Bupa - Care Homes; Harrogate; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking care home as an Activity Coordinator, where your creativity and enthusiasm will help foster a vibrant community for residents. In this role, you'll be the chief fun officer, crafting exciting events and activities that enrich lives, from arts and crafts to wellness classes. Your organizational skills will shine as you manage budgets, plan engaging sessions, and collaborate with care teams to ensure every resident enjoys fulfilling experiences. This is a unique opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of others while working in a supportive environment that values your contributions.

Benefits

Free meal on every shift

28 days holiday

Interest-free annual travel loan

Access to discounts at gyms

Annual allowance for healthcare products

Wagestream for early wage access

Parental leave schemes

Menopause Plan

Long service rewards

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Creative thinker with a passion for enhancing residents' lives.
• Ability to manage budgets and maintain activity plans.

Responsibilities

• Run engaging activity sessions for residents.
• Organize events and liaise with community performers.
• Support social media channels for the care home.

Skills

Creative Thinking

Budget Management

Communication

Organizational Skills

Education

Relevant Experience in Care or Activities

Job description

Activity Coordinator

Southlands Care Home, 9 Ripon Road, Harrogate HG1 2JA

£12.00 plus excellent Bupa Benefits

Permanent contract. 37.5 hours a week,

10am to 6pm - 5 days over 7 - 1 weekend in 3 to work

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.

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’ll 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 reminiscing 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 needed for this role:

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 people’s 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 which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the 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

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 encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. We’ll 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.