Wellbeing & Activities Co- Ordinator

Stonehaven (Healthcare) Ltd; Westward Ho!; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Job summary

Stonehaven (Healthcare) Ltd. is seeking a Wellbeing & Activities Co-ordinator for Bluebell House in Westward Ho!. The role focuses on coordinating activities and volunteer programmes to enhance residents' independence and social integration within the local community.

You will work hands-on to deliver engaging programmes, liaise with staff and external providers, and ensure records are kept up to date. A friendly, compassionate approach and strong English communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Compassionate and caring nature required for resident-focused activities.
• Ability to organise and coordinate a varied activities programme.
• Outgoing personality with enthusiasm and positive attitude.
• IT literacy and familiarity with care recording systems.
• Strong verbal and written English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Engage with external providers to inspire activities and coordinate engagement with the wider team.
• Provide a welcoming, friendly environment to encourage attendance at planned events.
• Ensure a variety of activities are available in communal areas for residents and staff.
• Identify hobbies and interests of residents and match them to suitable activities.
• Liaise with colleagues to maximise residents’ benefit from chosen activities.
• Record participation and outcomes in electronic care notes.
• Offer one-to-one engagement for residents unable or unwilling to join group events.
• Gather and act on feedback from residents and relatives for monthly events planning.

Skills

Compassionate and caring

Organising activities

Outgoing and fun to be around

IT literacy

Good communication skills

Excellent English (written and verbal)

Clean driving licence

Enhanced DBS

Job description

Wellbeing & Activities -
Bluebell House: Our lovely home in Westward Ho!, Bluebell House is looking for aWellbeing & Activities member.

The Activities Co-ordinator role is a hands-on working role with responsibility for coordinating a successful activities and volunteer programme within our homes. This includes internal and external communication about activities-focused programmes for our residents.

To introduce appropriate activities for older people which support independence and to identify activities in the surrounding areas that will assist residents to integrate into the local community.

Key Responsibilities:

• Engage with external providers to inspire activities, projects and engagement with the wider team, including all departments in the home.
• Provide a welcoming and friendly environment to encourage attendance and participation of residents in planned events.
• Ensure a variety of items of interest and activities are available in communal areas for care colleagues to use to engage residents outside of planned events.
• Seek involvement of colleagues through identification of their hobbies and interests that can be matched to those of individual residents.
• Liaise with colleagues to ensure that residents are supported to get the maximum benefit from their chosen activities.
• Ensure that daily records of participation in events or activities, and the outcomes for residents are recorded on electronic care notes.
• Ensure that residents are offered one-to-one meaningful engagement if they are unable or unwilling to join group events.
• Actively seek and record feedback and suggestions from residents and relatives about the events and lifestyle opportunities available in the home.
• Demonstrate that the feedback received from residents and relatives is used to inform the planning of the monthly events calendar.
• Encourage and assist residents to make use of outdoor space.
• Prepare rooms and required equipment to enable successful delivery of the planned events program.
• Plan and support with resident trips out of the home.
• Be familiar with residents to ensure that activities are achievable for a range of abilities and support needs.
• To help organise fund raising events.
• To help organise special events i.e. Christmas entertainment, Ascot, Royal Occasion, etc.
• To help produce a monthly programme of events to be discussed with the General Manager of the home.
• To encourage residents and team members to participate in the homes activities programme.
• Maintenance of posters and notice boards within the home.
• Maintain the required standards of confidentiality.
• Attend relevant staff meetings and training as required

Person Specification – Skills and Qualifications:

• Compassionate and caring nature
• Ability to organise activities
• Outgoing and fun to be around
• IT literacy – competent with the use of systems
• Good communication skills
• Excellent written and verbal English.
• Clean/current driving licence
• Enhanced DBS

Rate of pay: £13.17- £13.42per hour.

Most importantly we are looking for nice, friendly, dedicated people who will set high standards for themselves and be active members of the care team. We look for people who behave in a positive manner at all times, putting the best interests of the residents in their care at the heart of all that they do.

To be eligible to apply for this vacancy, you already need to have the right to work in the UK as the Company is unable to provide sponsorship for this post.