Job Description:
Position: Activity Coordinator
Salary: £26,000 Per Annum
Hours: 40 hrs per week
Location: Westminster & Ilford
Vacancy: 2
Why Join us:
● Comprehensive induction and on-going training and development and support.
● Value added perk
● Free DBS
● Immediate start with experience and valid DBS
● Pension scheme
About the role:
● Chosen Care Group is currently recruiting an Activity Coordinator with a minimum of one year experience in care settings.
● Understanding of the different types of activities elderly residents will enjoy and Creative flair with a range of practical skills.
● You should be able to draft a comprehensive Health and Wellbeing care plan.
● Able to create an environment where residents feel able to participate and contribute ideas.
Main duties –
- Help our residents to maintain or promote their independence and active lives through the activity plans that you have created based on their interests, abilities, and life experience.
- Support our residents with different social activities such as Coffee Morning sessions.
- Coordinating a calendar of entertainment within the home for both indoor and outdoor activities games and puzzles etc.
- Develop a forward plan of activities for the whole week.
- Responsible for maintaining the annual activities planner.
- Establish relationships with the local community and befriending organisations supporting social inclusion.
- To formulate an activity profile for each individual resident through liaison with the staff.
- Build relationships with residents, their friends and family members tailoring individual lifestyle histories and, using these, create ongoing plans in our resident records, ensuring these are updated daily to evidence delivery.
- To maintain accurate and legible records in respect of each resident activities.
- Review the plan on a regular basis with the resident and relatives and adjust if necessary.
- To liaise with senior staff in respect of relative medical or care information regarding residents.
- To be aware of correct manual handling techniques for each resident to ensure correct support transferring residents.
- To establish and maintain regular resident meetings with the Scheme Manager.
If this post excites you, and you are looking to improve your quality of life and create a better everyday life for our residents, as part of this role, we look forward to your application to [email protected]
Pay: From £26,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Westminster, Greater London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Activity Coordinator: 1 year (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
