Lifestyles Assistant

Athena Care Homes (UK) Limited; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully comprehensive induction

Competitive salary + bank holiday enh.

28 days holiday

Blue Light Card access

Refer a friend scheme

Job summary

Athena Care Homes is seeking a dedicated Lifestyles Assistant at Amberley Hall Care Home in King's Lynn to support a rich activities programme for residents. You will help plan, deliver and adapt engaging activities that respect individual needs and dignity.

The role offers a friendly team environment, a competitive hourly rate (£12.71) and a rota that covers the week, including weekends. Experience in healthcare activities and dementia awareness are valued to enhance residents' quality of life.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Assist in delivering a meaningful, engaging and stimulating activities programme across the home.
• Champion person-centered care and empower residents to make lifestyle choices.
• Engage with residents in conversation and meaningful activities respecting their dignity and communication differences.

Skills

Communication skills

Dementia knowledge

Team leadership

Event planning

Job description

As a Lifestyles Assistant at Amberley Hall 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 Amberley Hall!

About Amberley Hall Care Home:

Award-winning Amberley Hall is one of the top residential care homes in Kings Lynn. At Amberley Hall we pride ourselves on our beautiful, extensive gardens filled with pear trees, our state-of-the-art cinema and our hair and beauty salon.

All of our team at the purpose-built, 106-bedroom care home are ready to welcome residents with their compassionate and caring attitudes.

About the role:

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.

Salary:

£12.71 per hour.

Shift Pattern:

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

Home Location:

Baldock Drive, King's Lynn, England, PE30 3DQ.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• 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.

Training, Skills & Experience Required:

• 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.

What we can offer:

• Fully comprehensive induction.
• Competitive salary, plus enhancements on bank holidays.
• 28 days of holiday per year.
• Free Blue Light Card & access to the Blue Light discount platform.Refer a friend scheme.

About Athena:

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.