Lead Wellbeing & Lifestyle Coordinator

Cinnamon Care Collection Ltd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Cinnamon Care Collection Ltd. is seeking a Lead Wellbeing and Lifestyle Coordinator to oversee and participate in activities for residents in our home. You will coordinate a diverse activities programme and work with volunteers and staff to promote engagement and independence.

You will build links with the local community for excursions and recruit volunteers, while managing the activities team and ensuring a supportive, stimulating environment for residents. Weekend rota work is required.

Responsibilities

• Organise and conduct activities that encourage social, mental and physical stimulation for residents, meeting the Cinnamon Activities Programme.
• Network and develop links in the local community to establish relationships with local businesses, organisations and schools; build and maintain a volunteer base for the home.
• Manage the activities team including supervisions/appraisals and handling people issues; ensure a robust rota is in place.
• Organise special events such as Christmas entertainment, Ascot, Royal Occasions, etc.
• Produce a monthly programme of events to discuss with the General Manager using the Cinnamon Activities Calendar Template.
• Regularly update the Cinnamon website, Facebook etc. to promote activities to the local community and potential residents and families.
• Keep within the home’s activities budget.
• Assess residents’ social needs on move-in and develop a personal activities programme to provide stimulating activities for varying needs.

Job description

Our Lead Wellbeing and Lifestyle Coordinator is both a management and a hands‑on working role. Working alongside our wellbeing and lifestyle coordinators you will be responsible for managing and coordinating a successful activities and volunteer programme within the Cinnamon Home. This includes internal and external communication about activities‑focused programmes for our residents, as well as networking within the local community to recruit, train and place volunteers within the home. You will introduce appropriate activities for our residents which support independence and identify activities in the surrounding areas that will assist our residents to integrate into the local community. You will need to be flexible in your working hours and will work on a rota basis covering some weekends.

Ideally you will hold a full clean driving license as at times you may be required to drive the mini bus for our external excursions.

• 1. Organise and conduct activities that encourage both social, mental and if appropriate physical stimulation for the residents within the home, meeting with the Seven Branches of Cinnamon Activities Programme.
• 2. Network and develop links in the local community to establish a relationship with local businesses, organisations, and schools. Build and maintain a volunteer base for the whole home, involving family, team members and community volunteers to participate as a regular part of the activities programme.
• 3. Manage the activities team including undertaking supervisions/appraisals and dealing with any people issues appropriately, also ensuring that a robust rota is in place.
• 4. To organise special events ie, Christmas entertainment, Ascot, Royal Occasions etc.
• 5. To produce a monthly programme of events to be discussed with the General Manager of the homes using the Cinnamon Activities Calendar Template.
• 6. Regularly update the Cinnamon website, Facebook etc. to promote activities to the local community and potential residents and their families.
• 7. To keep within the home s activities budget.
• 8. Assess resident s specific social needs on move-in to the home and develop a personal activities programme, taking time to get to know each resident as an individual in order to provide stimulating activities to meet varying needs.