Lifestyles Assistant

Alex Wood House Care Home; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Part time

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Job summary

Alex Wood House Care Home is seeking an Activities Coordinator (Lifestyles Assistant) to drive a meaningful activities programme across our home in Cambridge. You will engage residents, schedule events and support the wider team to ensure everyone participates with dignity and respect.

The role focuses on person-centred care, dementia awareness and team leadership. A friendly, proactive approach will help create memorable moments for our residents every day.

Qualifications

• Experience of organising and scheduling programmes of events or activities, ideally within a healthcare environment.
• Excellent communication skills with a genuine passion for enhancing residents' lives.
• Knowledge of dementia is highly advantageous.
• Proven track record for leading, empowering, supporting & motivating a team.

Responsibilities

• Champion person centered care with all team members to empower residents to make lifestyle choices.
• Actively engage with residents in conversation and meaningful occupation related to their lifestyle choices.
• Lead and support the activities programme to include all residents according to individual needs.

Skills

Communication

Organising activities

Team leadership

Resident engagement

Dementia knowledge

Person-centred care

Job description

As an Activities Coordinator at Alex Wood House Care Home, you will be responsible for supporting the provision of meaningful, enjoyable, engaging and stimulating activities which are planned in the Home for our residents - we want to make memorable moments at Alex Wood House!, The Activities Coordinator, known internally as Lifestyles Assistant, will proactively engage with and support the activities programme in the Home. They will provide support to ensure other team members and residents know about and are engaged in the activities programme., Assist in the delivery of a meaningful, enjoyable, engaging and stimulating activities programme, based on person centred care principles, throughout the home that involves and includes all residents relative to them as individuals.

• Champion person centered care with all team members in the home to ensure residents are empowered to make, or continue to make, Lifestyles choices relevant and appropriate to them
• To actively engage with residents in conversation and meaningful occupation related to their lifestyle choices at a level and pace that values the individual and respects their dignity and communication differences.
• Experience of organising and scheduling programmes of events or activities, ideally within a healthcare environment.
• Excellent communication skills, with a genuine passion for enhancing the lives of our residents.
• Knowledge of dementia is highly advantageous.
• Proven track record for leading, empowering, supporting & motivating a team.

Athena Care Homes are a family run business with seven homes across East Anglia. We have care homes in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, Kings Lynn (West Norfolk) & Ipswich (Suffolk).

We want to be the first choice for high quality residential, nursing and dementia care, leaving a positive legacy within our communities.

Our care homes are managed by amazing and passionate people, including strong leadership by our home managers with dedicated care, clinical, hospitality and activities teams to provide exceptional care and experience, achieving brilliant outcomes for people in our care.

We hold our values close to our hearts and ensure that team members throughout each of our residential and nursing homes understand them and what importance they hold. We approach everything we do with thought, and we deliver with passion.

£12.71 per hour.

Shift Pattern

20 hours per week, worked on a rota basis from Monday to Sunday.

Competitive salary, plus enhancements on bank holidays.

28 days of holiday per year.

Free Blue Light Card & access to the Blue Light discount platform.