Part-time Activities Coordinator. Longridge Hall Care Home

Sandstone Care Group; Preston; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A local care service in Preston is looking for a part-time Activities Coordinator to bring joy and creativity to residents' lives. In this dynamic role, you'll craft a varied daily activities program that engages and inspires. A passion for enhancing the quality of life for older adults is essential. Benefits include free meals, discounts, and ongoing training opportunities.

Benefits

Free uniform

Free Meals

Discounts on the high street

Pension scheme

In-house training

Career opportunities

Employee recognition scheme

Qualifications

• Ability to craft engaging activities tailored to residents' interests.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships.
• A passion for enhancing the quality of life of older adults.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver a diverse array of daily activities.
• Adapt activities to individual interests and needs.
• Support outings and special events outside regular hours.

Skills

Creative

Organised

People-Focused

Flexible

Experience in Care

Job description

Overview

Part-time Activities Coordinator. Longridge Hall Care Home

Hourly rate: £13.27 per hour
Contract: 27.5 hours per week
Shift pattern: 5 days per week including alternate Saturday working

Are you bursting with creativity and passion for bringing joy to others? Longridge Hall Care Home is looking for a dynamic Activities Coordinator to create engaging, fun, and meaningful experiences for our residents.

At Longridge Hall, we create a comfortable and supportive environment for our residents. With features like a reminiscence lounge, a chapel, and an indoor sensory garden, we ensure that every night feels safe and homely. Our experienced Care Home Manager, Tracey, has been leading our team for over 10 years, ensuring a positive and caring atmosphere for both residents and staff.

Responsibilities

Your Role – Make Every Day Special

As an Activities Coordinator, you'll be the creative heart of our home, crafting an exciting and varied daily activity programme tailored to our residents’ interests. Whether it’s music, film screenings, arts and crafts, fitness sessions, gardening, games, quizzes, pamper days, or trips out, you will bring energy, enthusiasm, and imagination to every event.

Qualifications and Attributes

• Creative and Organised: You have a knack for planning and delivering engaging activities.
• People-Focused: You build strong relationships and adapt activities to suit different personalities and needs.
• Passionate and Positive: Your enthusiasm is contagious, and you love making people smile.
• Flexible and Adaptable: You’re happy to switch things up and even support outings or special events outside regular hours.
• Experience in Care (Desirable): If you’ve worked with older adults or in a care home setting before, that’s a big plus.

Benefits

• Sandstone employees enjoy a range of benefits:
• Free uniform. Free Meals*. Free DBS.
• Discounts on the high street* - with retailers like Asda, Costa and Argos
• Refer-a-Friend - and get a £250 bonus
• Flexible pay* - choose when you are paid, and get money management tips too
• Free wellbeing programme - helping you look after your physical and mental health
• Employee recognition scheme - we recognise and reward great work
• Pension scheme - helping you plan for your retirement
• In-house training - on-going face-to-face training, tailored to you
• Career opportunities - The chance to ‘make your mark’ and play a key role
• *Overtime is paid for working over fulltime hours. Free meals are given if working over an 8 hour shift and are subject to terms and conditions. Discounts are accessed using our ‘Reward Me’ app. Flexible pay is available via ‘WAGESTREAM’.

Additional Information

What are we looking for?

Applicants will be diligent, creative, organised and committed to enhancing the quality of life of residents by providing activities which will interest, inspire, motivate and support them in their daily lives.

Compassion, patience and positivity are just some of the key values and personal qualities required for this post, whilst a flexible approach to work is essential. Experience of working with an elderly client group and/or working within a care home environment would also be highly advantageous, as would the ability to cover outings or special events outside of normal working hours as required.

Equality and Diversity

Sandstone Care Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We embrace diversity within each service, as we think it is important that the Social Care Workforce represents the people it serves. We welcome applications from people from backgrounds including disabled candidates, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, LGBTQ+ as well as non-binary candidates, and those with experience of mental health.