Activity Coordinator

**Job description**

Are you an enthusiastic and engaging person full of ideas and imagination? Do you enjoy working with vulnerable to fulfil their potential? Baltimore Care Home is seeking a positive and motivated individual to join our Activity team and contribute to creating excellent outcomes for our service users.

In this role, we look for personal qualities that match our company values: friendly, kind, individual, reassuring and honest. Other essential qualities are about being flexible and approachable, with excellent communication skills and a fair level of computer and keyboard skills.

**Duties & Main Responsibilities**:

- To lead and encourage residents to join in meaningful activities whilst maintaining their independence, choice and dignity, to enable them to lead as full and active life as possible. To create a stimulating and varied programme of leisure activities and social events, inside and outside of the home, for residents to enjoy.
- To ensure that all residents receive some form of social activity each week and residents receive one to one time, particularly those that do not wish to participate in group activities. This should include opportunities within the home and the wider community.
- To liaise with relatives and staff regarding special individual requirements, such as birthdays and anniversaries, cultural and religious festivals and celebrations, and to be aware of the religious calendar that may affect activity pursuits, relevant to the ethnic mix of residents.
- To familiarize and connect with all key community groups whose particular expertise would make an invaluable contribution to the care home. To support any volunteers in their role and ensure they receive appropriate induction, training, supervision and support.
- To formulate and maintain a stimulating programme of activities for groups of residents and for individuals whilst considering residents particular likes and dislikes as appropriate. To produce a weekly programme of activities and social events and ensure it is advertised within the home and communicated to all residents.
- To promote and enhance the existence of the home in the community and encourage the use of communal spaces within the home for groups to meet and hold events.
- To ensure that any special cultural and ethnic requirements in terms of food, worship, festivals and activities, particularly those forbidden by religion or cultural beliefs, are fully considered in the care planning process
- To regularly assess the effectiveness of the social events and activities programme.
- To work as an active team member with your colleagues within the home to ensure the highest standards of care are achieved.
- To undertake any reasonable request which facilitates the resident’s right to choice, dignity and respect.
- Organize activities on daily basis and month basis to suit the needs of individuals and help them enhance their daily living. The activities will help promote individuals’ physical, social, emotional and cognitive needs.
- Know your Service user thoroughly, their venues, contacts, timetables, social scenes, etc
- Personalize service user room with his or her pen picture /families photo frames/or with favourites
- Dealing With all sort of personalities behaviour issues of residence with sensory objects and also help them to improve disabilities through various therapy such as aroma therapy, sensory therapy and relaxation therapy. Example: Hand Massage, Meditation, focusing on a word, simple exercise
- Familiar with Hobbies and interest of our service users
- To establish and foster a relationship of friendship and trust with the individual and his/her family and carers

If you are looking for a new challenge, enjoy variety in your work and wish to be part of a team striving to make a difference for our residents and flexible with your working patterns, able to work during the day and weekends ,then this post is for you

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: From £12.60 per hour

Expected hours: 15 - 20 per week

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

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

**Experience**:

- Activity: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person