Lifestyle Enrichment & Activities Coordinator

Barchester Healthcare; Tadcaster; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Lifestyle Enrichment & Activities Coordinator, where your creativity and empathy will shine. In this rewarding role, you'll create engaging activities tailored to residents' interests and needs, ensuring their wellbeing and social engagement. Collaborating with the community engagement team, you'll foster connections and showcase the care home while managing social media updates. With a focus on celebrating life, this position offers a competitive pay and a sector-leading rewards package, including free training and a supportive environment to flourish in your career. If you're passionate about making a difference in people's lives, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Free training and development

Access to wellbeing and support tools

Retail discounts and savings

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Employee of the Month rewards

Long Service Awards

Qualifications

• Warm and empathetic personality with strong organizational skills.
• Experience in planning activities and engaging with residents.

Responsibilities

• Create and implement engaging activities for residents.
• Manage and update the home's social media platforms.

Skills

Organizational Skills

Empathy

Creativity

Communication

Education

Experience in a similar role

Tools

Social Media Platforms

Community Engagement Tools

Job description

This position requires working alternate weekends, with a total of 30 hours across 4 days. The working hours are from 10am to 6pm.

ABOUT THE ROLE
As a Lifestyle Enrichment & Activities Coordinator at a Barchester care home, you’ll help to create a stimulating environment that enables us to deliver exceptional all-round care and support for our residents. You will be computer literate and able to work closely with our community engagement team to create community links and showcase our Home. You will also be responsible for updating the home's social media platforms. Our ethos is all about celebrating life, so you’ll help to devise imaginative, fun and motivational activities that suit every interest and ability. An extremely rewarding role, part of your time as a Lifestyle Enrichment & Activities Coordinator will be spent getting to know our residents and their families before you create tailored activities programmes focused on maximising everyone’s lifestyle, wellbeing, independence and social engagement.

ABOUT YOU
You’ll need to be warm, empathetic and personable to join us in this role. Your organisational skills and driven mind-set mean you always get things done and make things happen. Meanwhile, your infectious enthusiasm and creative approach will inspire our residents and staff to get involved in activities both within the home and in the local community. Similar experience would be ideal and you will be well supported with the training you need to develop your skills and flourish in your career with us.

REWARDS PACKAGE
In return for your dedication, you’ll receive a competitive rate of pay plus our sector-leading benefits and rewards package including:

1. Free training and development for all roles
2. Access to wellbeing and support tools
3. A range of retail discounts and savings
4. Unlimited referrals with our ‘Refer a Friend’ bonus scheme
5. ‘Employee of the Month’ rewards and ‘Long Service Awards’

And so much more!

If you’d like to use your planning and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you’d expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.