Lifestyle & Wellness Co-ordinator

Bupa UK; Harrogate; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

28 days holiday

Pension plans

Annual travel loan

Wagestream

Job summary

Southlands Care Home in Harrogate is seeking a part-time Lifestyle & Wellness Co-ordinator to lead daily activity sessions and create engaging plans for residents. You’ll partner with care teams to tailor activities from arts to gentle exercise, boosting wellbeing.

The role offers a permanent contract, 32 hours per week, with every third weekend off and 10am–6pm shifts. Bupa emphasises person-centred care and supportive benefits.

Qualifications

• Creative thinker with budgeting and paperwork management.
• Ability to manage priorities and deliver tailored activity plans.
• Interested in caring for others and engaging residents' well-being.

Responsibilities

• Running morning and afternoon activity sessions.
• Producing and updating an activity planner within a set budget.
• Organising birthday surprises for residents.
• Coordinating days out/events with local community partners.
• Arranging one-to-ones with residents using reminiscence tools and chats.
• Supporting the home’s social media channels as required.

Skills

Creative thinker

Budget management

Event planning

Job description

Lifestyle & Wellness Co-ordinator

Salary: £13.30 - £14.30 plus excellent Bupa Benefits

Permanent contract. 32 hours pw. 1 weekend off in every 3. 10am to 6pm.

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.

Job Description

Lifestyle & Wellness Co-ordinator

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

Salary: £13.30 - £14.30 plus excellent Bupa Benefits

Permanent contract. 32 hours pw. 1 weekend off in every 3. 10am to 6pm.

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.

The Lifestyle & Wellness Co-ordinator 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.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. 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.

Time Type

Part time

Job Area

Care Home - Facilities & Home Support

Locations

Southlands