Weekends Care Home Activities Coordinator

Springcare Care Homes Ltd; Greater London; On-site; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as an Activities Coordinator at a leading care home. This role is perfect for a kind and compassionate individual who loves to create engaging activities for residents. You will play a crucial role in enhancing their wellbeing by organising personalized events, collaborating with third parties, and ensuring that each day is filled with joy and creativity. With a supportive team and a commitment to training and development, you will thrive in a fulfilling environment that values your contributions. If you have a bubbly personality and a passion for care, this is your chance to make a real difference in the lives of others.

Benefits

Permanent full and part-time contracts

Access to workplace pension scheme

Early pay using Wage Stream App

Access to Blue Light Card

Fully funded training for qualifications

Refer a friend scheme

Access to counselling and wellbeing support

Family friendly policies

Smooth recruitment process

Qualifications

• Experience in care or activities coordination is beneficial.
• Full training will be provided for the right candidate.

Responsibilities

• Organising personalised activities for residents.
• Managing activities and accompanying residents on outings.
• Updating social media and completing necessary documentation.

Skills

Bubbly & friendly personality

Patience and understanding

Creativity

Organisational skills

Education

Experience in a similar role

Tools

Social media platforms

Wage Stream App

Job description

Home: Lawn Park Care Home

Pay: £11.44

Hours: 10

Lawn Park Care Home – Sutton – in – Ashfield – Weekend Activities Coordinator

Here at Springcare, we have a wonderful opportunity for a kind and compassionate Activities Coordinator to be a part of our Springcare family, where you will have a passion for creating a stimulating environment for our residents.

At Springcare, Activities Coordinators help to strengthen our care team and play an important part in enhancing the lives of our residents and improving their wellbeing.

What qualities does it take to be an Activities Coordinator at Springcare?

• A bubbly & friendly personality
• Patience and understanding
• Creativity, and willingness to join in with activities.

The role:

Every day is different in care, and as an Activities Coordinator, your daily routines may include:

• Organising personalised activities for residents
• Contacting and working with third parties to arrange events such as choirs, dancing, and shows, and any transport that is needed.
• Managing any activities that have been organised
• Accompanying residents on any outings
• Attending any meetings
• Updating any social media platforms, newsletters, and noticeboards, with photographs and information
• Completing any documents and updating records.

Our Activities Coordinators have a variety of working patterns of mornings, afternoons, and evenings, depending on the needs of the homes, and working patterns are based on 7 days a week. Actual hours of work would be discussed during your interview.

Experience in a similar role would be beneficial; however, full training will be provided.

What Springcare can offer to you:

• Permanent full and part-time day contracts – with access to our workplace pension scheme
• Early pay using Wage Stream App – you can withdraw up to 50% of your earnings in advance of your pay
• Access to Blue Light Card – where you can make savings across hundreds of national retailers
• Fully funded training for nationally recognised qualifications (level 2 through to 5) with internal career progression opportunities
• Refer a friend £££ scheme for each friend that you recommend (T&C apply)
• Access to counselling and wellbeing support
• Family friendly policies
• Smooth robust recruitment process through our portal

If you are interested in becoming an Activities Coordinator with Springcare, have the qualities that we believe make our Activities Coordinators excellent at their jobs, we would love to hear from you and be part of your journey in a care environment.

Successful applicants will require two written references, a standard/enhanced DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) check (depending on role), and evidence of a right to work in the UK.

Springcare is committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding, and protecting those we care for and serve. We ensure all our staff are vetted, selected, trained, and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.