Activities Assistant - Care Home
Job Description
Job summary
The role of an Activities Assistant at a Barchester care home involves delivering imaginative, fun, and varied activities to ensure residents can enjoy an environment that is motivational and fulfilling. The goal is to help each individual pursue their interests and enhance their involvement with family, friends, and the local community.
Main duties of the job
As an Activities Assistant, you'll be responsible for helping to deliver an entertainment and activities program that covers a wide range of pastimes, social activities, outings, and events. Your role is to help residents live as independently as possible and support their overall well-being. You don't need any specific experience, but you should have a sense of fun, creativity, and the ability to encourage and motivate others. Enthusiastic and empathetic, you'll enjoy helping residents live their lives to the full.
About us
Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes and services in the UK. They are committed to delivering high-quality care and creating a positive, supportive environment for their residents. The company offers a range of benefits and development opportunities for their staff.
Job responsibilities
ABOUT THE ROLEAs an Activities Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll deliver imaginative, fun and varied activities to ensure our residents can enjoy an environment that is motivational and fulfilling. We want to make sure each individual can pursue the interests they most enjoy and that means you'll have a real impact on our residents' lives. The Activities Assistant role involves helping us to deliver an entertainment and activities programme that covers a wide range of pastimes, social activities, outings and events. Put simply, you'll help every resident to live as independently as possible and enhance their involvement with their family, friends and the local community.
ABOUT YOUYou don't need any specific experience to join us as an Activities Assistant, so you could come from any background. What's important is that you have a sense of fun, creativity, and the ability to encourage and motivate others. You'll also need to have that little extra something a real interest in the people we support. Enthusiastic and empathetic, you're someone who'll really enjoy helping our residents to live their lives to the full. Bring us all of that, and you'll have every opportunity to develop your skills further with a range of courses designed to build your confidence in every aspect of your role.
REWARDS PACKAGEIn return for your dedication, you'll receive a competitive rate of pay plus our sector-leading benefits and rewards package including: Free training and development for all roles Access to wellbeing and support tools A range of retail discounts and savings Unlimited referrals with our Refer a Friend' bonus scheme Employee of the Month' rewards and Long Service Awards'
And so much more!
If you'd like to use your creativity 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- No specific qualifications are required, but you should have a genuine interest in working with the elderly and a desire to make a positive difference in their lives.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Barchester Healthcare
Address
Barchester Healthcare
Ipswich
IP5 2GA
