Activities Coordinator

**Activities Coordinator/Lifestyle Assistant - Cedar Falls - Spalding**

Are you creative? Do you like to bring new ideas in your job but have never been allowed free reign? We can offer you a position as an activities coordinator to join our traditional care home and make the activities your own

You will oversee the day our residents have in terms of fun You can work with them to decide what they will enjoy, what will keep them engaged and stimulated. The world is your oyster

At Tanglewood we fully support the loyal, compassionate and hard working individual, we advocate training and give you all the training needed to progress in your career depending on where you see yourself going. A career in care offers you stability, training to develop yourself, the team and home.

At Cedar Falls we are looking for someone who can engage, create fun, listen to the residents, be empathetic to their needs and have that fun and enthusiastic air about them. It is such an important position and a fun one too

As an Activities Coordinator/Lifestyle Assistant you will be responsible for coordinating, planning and implementing activities appropriate to clients’ needs and requests and you will be assisting the Registered Manager to organise fundraising events. Also, you will get to know each resident and their needs, ensure residents settle into Tanglewood happily and have a positive experience and enjoyable time with us and making them feel at home and welcome.

There are plenty of responsibilities within the role of activities coordinator/lifestyle assistant which include:

- Help clients to socialise within the care home and provide a diverse variety of activities that cater for all individuals,
- Accompany clients where possible, to off-site activities which may occasionally take place outside normal working hours,
- Assist with fundraising and budgeting for entertainments, materials and outings
- Maintain full and accurate records of daily activities, using appropriate documentation and assist the named carer to review and update client care files
- Provide comfort and company on a one to one basis for clients who are unable to undertake any form of activity,
- Actively market the care home and promote a positive personal / professional profile within the local community,
- Help to create an atmosphere that suits individual clients within the care home,
- Undertake all the administration for activities, including production of the monthly newsletter, posters, booking of acts and booking of transport required for activities etc.
- Distribute post and newspapers to residents,
- A listening ear to pass on concerns or queries, helping residents feel settled,
- Ensure their own personal space feels as homely as residents want it to be,
- Ensure your residents are comfortable and liaise as necessary with housekeeping/ maintenance/care team leaders/ catering/ hairdressing/chiropody,
- Spend one to one time, e.g. looking at photo albums, general chatting, reading, and talking etc,
- Adapt and create an atmosphere that suits individual residents and their needs.

We value our staff and if you want to make a difference for yourself and our residents then apply We all share the same **Unique Vision and Values** and if you do too then come and join us:
**United**

**Nurturing**

**Innovative**

**Quality**

**Understanding**

**Empathetic**

Tanglewood have competitive rates of pay, stability in shift patterns and an abundance of benefits:

- Free tunic when you begin,
- Meals included on shift,
- Induction and initial training for the role you begin,
- Ongoing refresher training and staff development and unique training tailored to your career route,
- Time and a half on all bank holidays,
- Refer a friend scheme.

**Salary**: £10.42 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Canteen
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Referral programme

Schedule:

- Day shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Spalding: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Care home: 1 year (preferred)
- Activities Planning: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person