JOB DESCRIPTION Activities Co-ordinator
15 Hours per week
Responsible to: Registered Managers, and Director
Purpose of position:
To ensure that all service users within the home have to a wide and diverse range of stimulating activities on a day to day basis. The Activity Co-ordinator will ensure that all activities meet the intellectual, physical, social and recreational needs of all individuals who use the service by delivering vibrant, creative and meaningful activities.
Principal Responsibilities
- Report to the managers and liaise with regards to each service user’s ability and need for the activities planned.
- Plan and record a programme of events, entertainment and activities to include garden parties, barbecues and outings.
- To maintain and keep up to date the activities board and provide a daily visit to each service user to invite to planned activities.
- To provide regular Service User meetings, produce the minutes and circulate once reviewed by managers.
- To assist the Service Users to maintain contact with their family and friends. This will include making phone calls, assisting with letter writing or organising visits.
- To ensure all Service Users within the home have contact with the Activities Co-ordinator and that Service Users with limited abilities are included on, perhaps a more “one-to-one” basis on social and recreational pastimes.
- To develop each Service Users contribution and ability for recreational activities and social interaction and to respect Service Users right to refrain from participating if they do not wish to.
- To compile a brief summery of each Service User – their likes and dislikes, special abilities, social history, fondness for pets etc.
- To acknowledge each Service Users birthday in line with their wishes, providing a birthday card and gift.
Person Specification Essential Criteria
Diploma Level 2 in Health and Social Care.
Good communication skills with the ability to empathise and interact naturally with all individuals who use our service.
- Self-motivated
- Organised
- Flexible
- Caring
- An active team player but also able to work on own initiative
All staff are required to respect the confidentiality of all matters that they might learn in the course of their employment. All staff are expected to respect the requirements under the Data Protection Act May 2018. All staff must ensure that they are aware of their responsibilities under the Health and Safely at Work, etc Act 1974.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: £12.71 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Education:
- GCSE or equivalent (required)
Experience:
- Care home: 1 year (required)
Language:
Licence/Certification:
Work Location: In person
