Wellbeing (Activities) Assistant

Cheadle Manor Care Centre; Stockport; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A local care home is looking for a kind and enthusiastic Wellbeing Assistant to join their team in Stockport. The role involves creating engaging activities for residents and working closely with staff to promote wellbeing. Candidates should have experience working with older people and delivering activity programmes. This position offers a competitive hourly rate of £12.21 for a part-time contract with opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

5.6 weeks annual leave

Paid DBS

Uniform provided

Paid training

Cycle to work scheme

Pension scheme

Early Pay - access to your money as you earn

Qualifications

• Experience of working with older people is essential.
• Experience of delivering an activity programme is essential.
• Evidence of the ability to assess, plan, and evaluate the activity needs of older people is essential.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the creation of ongoing weekly activity programmes.
• Motivate and guide other staff to incorporate wellbeing into their roles.
• Ensure adequate and up-to-date risk assessments are in place for planned activities.

Skills

Experience of working with older people

Experience of delivering an activity programme

Good communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to work individually and in a team

Ability to prioritise and handle emergency situations

Creative and imaginative

Job description

Overview

New Career, New You, New Opportunity; New Care!

Our stunning care home Cheadle Manor Care Centre, a purpose-built facility in the popular location of Cheadle village, Stockport, is registered to provide care to 68 residents with a variety of care needs including residential and nursing. The home reflects the New Care vision of providing the highest standards of safety, comfort and care. It meets all CQC requirements and provides safety, comfort and care to residents. We invest in the latest technology and offer a purposeful programme of daily activity and gentle exercise to enhance experience, care and wellbeing. All team members are hand selected for their warmth and passion, with a full induction and ongoing training from our in-house trainers in conjunction with the New Care Academy. The home is rated GOOD in all domains by CQC. New Care has had zero agency usage for over 4 years as we employ a permanent staff team to ensure continuity of care to residents from staff who know them and that residents know and trust. Across New Care all staff are paid at least the national minimum wage.

Role

Wellbeing Assistant – we are seeking to appoint a kind, enthusiastic and fun Wellbeing Assistant to join our team. You will contribute to the creation of a caring and inclusive culture around therapeutic activities in the home, and deliver and support the Wellbeing Coordinator in developing a programme that has a whole-team approach and forms a core part of the offering in the home. We have a 20-hour contract available with an excellent hourly rate of £12.21. Shift times are 10:00–15:00, with alternate weekend work; some flexibility in hours is required to meet the needs of the business.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the creation of ongoing weekly activity programmes that ensure a wide range of opportunities are available to stimulate the physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of all residents.
• Provide an innovative programme so that residents can achieve extraordinary things, with their capabilities.
• Motivate and guide other members of staff in the home to incorporate wellbeing and activity into their role wherever possible, with support and direction from the Wellbeing Coordinator.
• Be familiar with a resident’s life story and Wellbeing and Activity plan for each resident and contribute to that plan and ensure it is regularly reviewed.
• Ensure adequate and up-to-date risk assessments are in place for all events and activities planned and undertaken in liaison with the Wellbeing Coordinator.
• Understand the needs of people with the various conditions residents have in the home.
• Take responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of adults that the post holder is responsible for or comes into contact with.

Skills and experience required

• Experience of working with older people is essential.
• Experience of delivering an activity programme is essential.
• Evidence of the ability to assess, plan and evaluate the activity needs of older people is essential.
• The ability to work individually and in a team is essential.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills are essential.
• Demonstrate the ability to prioritise and handle emergency situations effectively.
• Be creative, imaginative and enthusiastic and have the ability to forward plan.

The Benefits

Opportunities to progress through our career paths into more senior and management roles.

• Bank holiday and overtime enhancements
• 5.6 weeks annual leave per annum
• Paid DBS
• Uniform provided
• Paid training
• Refer a friend referral scheme, for the following roles only – Registered Nurse, Team Leader / Senior Care Assistant and Care Assistant
• Excellent induction programme for new starters
• A rewarding career with lots of opportunities to progress within the company
• Ongoing support and training for nationally recognised qualifications
• A competitive rate of pay
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing programmes
• Recognition awards – employee of the month and golden tickets
• Ongoing career development
• Travel plan – walk or ride a bike and get a free meal that day
• Christmas Bonuses
• Pension scheme
• Early Pay - access to your money as you earn (pay advance)

About New Care

The care philosophy of New Care aims to ensure all residents maintain the highest level of independence and achieve their full potential whatever that may be – physical, intellectual, emotional or social. We believe this philosophy can be achieved by providing professional, person-centred care, nurturing each resident individually, exploring and understanding their needs. The health, well-being and happiness of our residents is always our number one priority.

Each New Care home is purpose built and expertly designed with the needs of our residents in mind. Internally the design is luxurious yet comfortable and practical.

The company ethos ‘To celebrate the wonder of people’ relates to all those who are part of the New Care family, residents, their family and friends, staff members and professional visitors. Ultimately we want residents to live their lives to the fullest and to be proud of their home and feel happy to invite their family and friends to visit.

This position is subject to a DBS check