Activities Co-Ordinator

We Care Group

We Care Group are a family owned company. Founded on the tradition of healthcare excellence, we bring a combination of the highest quality health care services and experienced, compassionate and dedicated staff to all of our nursing and care homes

We offer a warm, supportive and uplifting environment, where our residents are able to maintain their own individuality and feel at home. We take pride in being both small enough to care and large enough to be able to care. After all, we believe in ‘caring for our loved ones, like they cared for us’

Are you looking for a fresh challenge? Wanting to take the next step in your healthcare career? Then look no further..

About The Role

Job Overview

As Activities Assistant, you will schedule and coordinate events, create and handle the logistics for daily, weekly, and monthly events in an effort to engage our residents. We require you to get feedback, manage employees, volunteers and resources, and deliver fun, safe events while on time and under budget.

About you

You should be detail-oriented and possess excellent interpersonal and time management skills. To succeed working as an Activities Assistant, you should strive to stage entertaining, engaging activities that will appeal to the age and physical or emotional condition of our residents. You should be observant, driven, creative, and caring.

Benefits

We offer the following benefits once you join our team;

• Quarterly Bonus (48p per hour)

• DBS costs covered and uniform provided by Employer

• Employer Contributory Pension of 3%

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Blue Light Card Scheme

• Company Events (such as Care Awards)

• Employee Competitions with Love2Shop Vouchers

• Buddy System (£200)

• Employee of the Month (£100)

• Refer a Friend (£150)

• Free Tea/Coffee and Soup/Sandwiches

• Free On-Site Parking

Responsibilities and Duties of the Job

• To maintain skills at a current level, undertake such training and development as required from time-to-time to maintain and progress knowledge.

• Work with marketing to put together newsletters keeping all our residents and their relatives/friends informed of what is going on.

• Support our residents to access internet and communication such as letter writing, Skype, and FaceTime.

• Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of our residents we support.

• Develop effective working relationships with other employees, residents, relatives and friends. Work in cooperation with members of the multi-disciplinary teams to maximise opportunities for the residents in our care.

• You should recognise the importance of effective communication within the multi-disciplinary team, with Service Users and their families/friends, whilst recognising people’s needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

• You will need to be able to adapt and address situations quickly. Plan, develop, implement and assess approaches to promote health and well-being, whilst recognising and reporting situations where there might be a need for protection.

• Build rapport with our residents by establishing personal connections and showing interest in their lives.

• To greet visitors and show prospective residents and families our facilities as required.

• Ability to induct and orientate new employees to the job role and service.

• Maintain all records in accordance with We Care Group policy and audit care records following company policy to ensure compliance.

• Complete mandatory training required to complete the duties required for your Job Role Profile

• Attend statutory training and any other training as directed by the management.

• Seeking opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Our Value-Based Personal Qualities

Working Together

• Involve our residents, family, external agencies & colleagues.

• Speak up when things go wrong.

Respect and Dignity

• Understand person-centred care and can demonstrate treating people as individuals and respecting choices.

• Promoting independence and encouraging appropriate risk-taking.

Everybody Counts

• Ensuring no one is discriminated against or excluded.

• Understand human rights and their impact on care delivery.

• Facilitating people to speak up about concerns and acting upon them.

Commitment to Quality of Care

• Striving for quality in everything we do recognise and understanding what quality in care means for people within our homes.

• Being accepting of criticism and focusing on improvement.

• Being open to new opportunities for learning and identifying the limits of skills and knowledge.

Compassion

• Treating people with kindness.

• Understanding the importance of empathy in all areas of employment.

• Understanding the values of others and always providing a caring service.

Improving Lives

• Focus on how things could be done better and sharing ideas.

• Understanding of wellbeing and what is important to our residents.

• Improving outcomes for people.

• Ensuring appropriate services are provided for our residents.

Please note that the duties and requirements in this job description may change as the needs of our service users and homes change. They may also change to align with future policies.

Skills Needed

About The Company

We treat all of our residents as individuals. We care about their unique needs as well as their likes and dislikes, hobbies and past times. We make sure every one of our residents is provided with a completely personalised care plan; giving them dignity, choice and independence in a home from home environment.

Our reputation is built on more than 15 years of experience in care and we work hard to make sure that all of our homes provide a safe, homely and happy setting for residents – we want our homes to be their homes. This also means that all of our 30 homes are completely unique, designed to meet the individual needs of our residents and make the most of the home environment and its surroundings.

Each home has a dedicated team delivering round-the-clock care to meet the varying and often complex needs of our residents. We continually invest in our homes and this, as well as our rigorous quality and safety standards, enables us to ensure our homes meet our exceptionally high standards and deliver the best support and care to residents.

Company Culture

As a family run business, we treat our people like they deserve to be treated; with dignity, compassion and respect. The principles of equality and inclusion are at the heart of everything we do and we are committed to creating a workplace community where everyone is treated fairly and which is representative of the people that we support.

We work hard to create a caring and welcoming environment for our residents based on our core values of privacy, independence, dignity and choice. We do the same for our people; nurturing their talents and celebrating their uniqueness to create a diverse, inclusive workplace where there are opportunities for everyone to grow and thrive.

We want our people to be themselves; bringing their best self to work so that they can provide the best care. That’s why we have a dedicated training course in equality and inclusion for our teams and operate a fair and open recruitment process. We also offer competitive rates of pay, flexible working hours, free uniforms and a range of benefits.

And we want you to be part of our future, helping us to grow as a family and put our residents and team members at the heart of everything we do.

Desired Criteria

Required Criteria

• Right to live and work in the UK
• Experience using Social Media

Closing DateTuesday 3rd December, 2024