Activity Co-ordinator

6 months ago


Harpenden, United Kingdom Bupa Care Homes Full time

Requisition Title : Activity Co-ordinator

Job Number: FIE00HV

Field House 8 Townsend Road Harpenden Hertfordshire AL5 4BQ

Location Status On site

Salary Amount 10.95

**Activity Coordinator**

**Field House Care Home, 8 Townsend Road, Hertfordshire, Harpenden, AL5 4BQ**
- We know that family can come from anywhere. At Bupa Care Homes, it's our privilege to care for people - treating each resident as if they were part of our own family. Right now, we’re looking for a creative and caring Activity Coordinator to join our friendly team at Field House care home in Harpenden to help us be the positive difference to our resident’s lives.

**Working hours and salary**

£10.95 per hour

Part time position working 10 hours per week - 10am-3pm, must be flexible to work some weekends

**What your typical day involves**
- Running a morning and afternoon activity session. Activities are tailored to our residents but can include musical acts, days out, exercise classes, visitors from the community, arts and crafts, the possibilities are endless
- Producing and updating an activity planner for the home, working to a set activities budget
- Supporting our residents and encouraging them to partake in activities
- Organising birthday surprises for our residents
- Ensuring everything is organised for planned activities, events, performers and co-ordinating days out
- Liaising with external companies and performers from the local community to organise days out/events at the home
- Assisting with breakfast, lunch and dinner duties (when necessary)
- Organising one to ones with our residents, this might involve reminiscing tools, puzzles, reading or just a cup of tea and a chat
- Supporting the home with their social media channels as required

**Who we’re looking for**
- You’re a creative thinker with plenty of ideas, who can also manage budgets and maintain paperwork, effectively managing priorities as they arise. Wanting to make a real difference, you’re interested in caring for others, sharing your sense of humour and spreading your infectious enthusiasm for making people’s lives better. Whether it’s motivating colleagues to support each activity or event, making links in the local area or even getting friends and family involved, you’ll pack a lot of community spirit into everything you do.

**What’s in it for you?**
- Comprehensive induction, on-going training and development, access to internal apprenticeship schemes
- Your DBS Check (£40) paid for
- Access to Wagestream - an app-based service that offers you the choice to be in control of when you access your earnings*
- NEST workplace pension, life assurance & bereavement support
- 28 days annual leave (inclusive of statutory bank holidays)
- Hot meal provided on a 12-hour shift
- Refer a friend bonus scheme
- Uniform provided
- Health & wellbeing tools; including Be Me App, Healthy Minds, Gym Pass & discounted health assessments
- Shopping Discounts (via Xexec)
- Cash plan (after 2 years’ service) giving you the ability to claim on more everyday items such as dental, optical and private prescriptions
- Free flu vaccine
- Only available to permanent employees where HealthRoster is used.

**Who we are**
- As a leading healthcare group, we run care homes, retirement villages, health centres, dental centres and hospitals all over the world. As well as providing insurance to over 16 million people. We’re a big company but no matter what business area you’re in, our purpose is simple - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives.

And we have belief in you to help us achieve it.
- Want to know more? Check us out on Facebook and Twitter by searching for Bupa UK Careers.
- Bupa is committed to ensuring that every applicant is assessed for employment, promotion and development solely based on personal merit and qualifications, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age._

Unposting Date Ongoing

Care Home Postcode AL5 4BQ

Job: Activities Coordinator



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