Activities Assistant - Bank - Care Home

Overview

As a Bank Activities Coordinator at a Barchester care home, you'll help to create a stimulating environment that enables the organization to deliver exceptional all-round care and support for their residents. The role involves devising imaginative, fun, and motivational activities that suit every interest and ability, with the aim of maximizing the residents' wellbeing, independence, and social engagement.

The Activities Assistant role at Barchester Healthcare involves planning and executing engaging activities for the residents of their care home in Stamford. This is a temporary position, with variable hours depending on the organization's needs for cover during annual leave or sick leave. The successful candidate will need to be warm, empathetic, and personable, with strong organizational skills and a creative approach to inspire the residents and staff to participate in the activities.

Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, operating over 200 care homes and retirement villages across the country. The organization is committed to delivering high-quality care and support to its residents, with a focus on celebrating life and promoting independence and social engagement.

ABOUT THE ROLE
As a Bank Activities Coordinator at a Barchester care home, you'll help to create a stimulating environment that enables us to deliver exceptional all-round care and support for our residents. Our ethos is all about celebrating life, so you'll help to devise imaginative, fun and motivational activities that suit every interest and ability. An extremely rewarding role, part of your time as a Bank Activities Coordinator will be spent getting to know our residents and their families before you create tailored activities programmes focused on maximising everyone's wellbeing, independence and social engagement.

ABOUT YOU
You'll need to be warm, empathetic and personable to join us as a Bank Activities Coordinator. Your organisational skills and driven mind-set mean you always get things done and make things happen. Meanwhile, your infectious enthusiasm and creative approach will inspire our residents and staff to get involved in activities both within the home and in the local community. Any similar experience would be ideal, but it isn't essential especially because we'll make sure you have the training you need to develop your skills and progress your career with us.

REWARDS PACKAGE
As well as competitive pay, you can look forward to a role that offers true flexibility and plenty of free learning and development opportunities. As one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, we take the growth of everyone who works for us seriously.

As this is a Bank position to provide cover as and when we need it, such as for annual leave or sick leave, the hours and days you work will vary.

If you'd like to use your planning and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

• No specific qualifications are required, as the organization will provide the necessary training and development opportunities. However, any previous experience in a similar role would be considered an asset.

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.