Activities Coordinator

Job Vacancy: Activities Coordinator

Location: Loose Valley Care Home, 15 Linton Road, Maidstone, Kent ME15 0AG

Contracted hours : 24 hours (6 hour shift pattern on a rota system)

(Hourly) rate of pay : Starting from £13.40

As Activities Coordinator , you will enjoy being a part of an exceptionally supportive team, welcoming you into providing outstanding physical, emotional, and social assistance to the people living at Loose Valley Care Home.

The perfect role for you Being a caring heart, with a passion for making people happy, you will thrive on bringing a smile on our residents’ face, whilst supporting their physical and mental wellbeing. Being a kind, compassionate person who respects people’s personal choice, dignity, and privacy, we would be honoured to welcome you in our team.

Nellsar is committed to developing and training our staff in order to ensure high quality care is provided to our residents and the successful candidate will receive on-going training and development with opportunities for progression within the Company, including apprenticeships to new and existing staff.

You will have the opportunity to excelwhilst: The Activities Coordinator responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Ensuring that residents are at the heart of care delivery and their wishes and preferences are taken into consideration to enhance their wellbeing. • Organising and planning weekly activity programmes (within allocated budget) reflecting residents’ preferences, & a written rota to be produced. Update activities boards around the home. • Creating risk assessments for activities and consent forms for families / residents. • Producing newsletters to inform residents and their relatives/friends about activities / liaise with the Marketing team in typing up activities and producing information for Newsletters. • Supporting residents to access the internet and other communication methods such as letter writing, Skype and FaceTime.

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

For more information on the role and to see the job description and person specification, please visit – https://recruitment.nellsar.com/activities-coordinator-job-description/

What we offer in return to your dedication:

• Competitive pay and paid training hours • Enhanced pay rate for Bank Holidays • ‘Refer a Friend’ payments of up to £1000 • Enhanced DBS paid for by the company • Comprehensive induction programme • Access to funded qualifications via the apprenticeship programme • Free 24-hour access to confidential employee support helpline • Nellsar work uniforms