Wellbeing and Activities Coordinator

NHS; Droitwich Spa; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading luxury elderly care provider is seeking a Wellbeing and Activities Coordinator. The role focuses on engaging residents through various activities while promoting their well-being. The ideal candidate should have experience working with older people and be enthusiastic about providing quality activities. This position offers a supportive environment to enhance both resident and staff experiences.

Qualifications

• Must have previously worked with older people in a residential setting.
• Experience in planning activities and events is essential.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Engage and stimulate residents' well-being through activities.
• Plan monthly activity and wellbeing plans.
• Maintain a safe living and working environment.

Skills

Experience with older people in a residential nursing or Dementia setting

Experience organising activities and events

Effective communication skills

Positive attitude toward older people

Job description

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, committed to creating meaningful experiences for their residents and team members. They are looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join their award-winning team as a Wellbeing and Activities Coordinator.

Overview

The Wellbeing and Activities Coordinator focuses on providing a wide range of activities to engage and stimulate residents' physical, psychological, and social well-being, while upholding privacy, dignity, independence, choice, rights, and fulfillment for all residents. This role involves understanding residents' life histories and preferences, planning monthly activity and wellbeing plans, arranging activities and events, and maintaining a safe living and working environment.

Job responsibilities

Package Description: At Avery Healthcare, we support the people who care for our residents. We celebrate and support our teams, and you will make a positive impact on residents’ lives every day through compassion and dedication. We provide opportunities to learn and develop in a caring, supportive environment, with a culture that values respect, compassion, and exceptional care. We are looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Wellbeing and Activities Coordinator. If this sounds like the place for you, we’d love to hear from you!

ABOUT THE ROLE

Your focus as Wellbeing and Activities Coordinator will be to provide a wide range of activities to engage and stimulate residents' physical, psychological, and social well-being and to promote the philosophy of privacy, dignity, independence, choice, rights, and fulfilment for all residents.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Identifying the life history, needs, and preferences of residents by listening to them and their families to support the development of a detailed life story.
• Planning and submitting to the Home Manager a monthly activity and wellbeing plan and a weekly overview.
• Arranging activities, events, and outings, encouraging the involvement of staff, relatives, and visitors.
• Maintaining 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.

Our ideal candidate must have:

• Previously worked with older people in a residential nursing or 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’re not just one of the UK’s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes; we’re a place where people love to work. We believe the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we’re passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team. With a vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we offer exceptional care across a growing network of over 100 homes, providing a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

Job description / Additional details

Please note this role will require:

• ACDS 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

• Previously worked with older people in a residential nursing or Dementia setting, experience organising 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 (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.