Wellbeing and Activities Coordinator

NHS; Chorleywood; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading elderly care provider in Chorleywood seeks a Wellbeing and Activities Coordinator to engage and stimulate residents. Responsibilities include planning activities, maintaining a safe environment, and ensuring residents' wellbeing. The ideal candidate has experience in dementia care and organizing social events, alongside strong communication skills. This role offers a supportive workplace dedicated to meaningful living.

Qualifications

• Worked with older people in a residential nursing dementia setting.
• Experience in organizing activities and events.
• Commitment to providing stimulating, quality activities and social events.

Responsibilities

• Identify life history and preferences of residents.
• Plan and submit monthly activity and wellbeing plans.
• Maintain a safe living and working environment.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Experience organizing activities

Positive attitude toward older people

Job description

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, with a vision of "creating meaningful lives together." They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for their residents and team members, offering exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes. Avery is committed to supporting their teams and building a positive, inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered.

Overview

As a Wellbeing and Activities Coordinator at Avery Healthcare, your focus will be to provide a wide range of activities to engage and stimulate residents' physical, psychological, and social well-being. You will promote the philosophy of privacy, dignity, independence, choice, rights, and fulfilment for all residents. You will identify residents\' life histories and preferences, plan and submit monthly activity and wellbeing plans, arrange activities and events, and maintain a safe living and working environment.

Job responsibilities

• Identify the life history, needs, and preferences of residents by listening to them and their families to support the development of a detailed life story.
• Plan and submit to the Home Manager a monthly activity and wellbeing plan and a weekly overview.
• Arrange activities, events, and outings, encouraging the involvement of staff, relatives, and visitors.
• Maintain a safe living and working environment, contributing to the positive and professional image of the home.

About You

To be successful in your application, you must live our values of caring, support, honesty, respect, and accountability in all that you do.

• Previously worked with older people in a residential nursing dementia setting
• Experience organising activities and events
• Effective communication skills, verbal and written
• A positive attitude toward older people and a commitment to providing stimulating, quality activities and social events

About Avery

At Avery, we are not just one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes; we are a place where people love to work. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

Please note this role will require:

• ADBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• To be successful in this role, you must have previously worked with older people in a residential nursing dementia setting, experience organizing activities and events, effective communication skills, and a positive attitude toward older people with a commitment to providing stimulating, quality activities and social events.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.