Job title: Activities Coordinator
Pay: We have an excellent pay rate of £13.30 an hour
Hours: We have a wonderful opportunity for 30 hours per week over 5 days per week (including an alternate Saturday or Sunday) - 9am - 5pm.
Location: Highfield House Care Home, St Bees Road, Whitehaven, CA28 9UB
Are you kind? Compassionate? A people person? Love making a difference in people's lives? Then we can offer you the perfect role where you will genuinely make a difference, everyday!
Opportunity
We have an excellent career opportunity for the role of Activities Coordinator to join our team here at Kirklands Care based at our wonderful Highfield House Care Home in Whitehaven.
We’re looking for a compassionate and motivated person to work alongside our current Activities Coordinators as part of a team who can help our residents maintain positive physical, mental, and emotional well-being by providing opportunities for social interaction and engagement, creating a vibrant community atmosphere and enhancing the overall quality of life for the wonderful people who live at Highfield House.
Who are we?
Highfield House is a nursing and care home located in the beautiful coastal town of Whitehaven. Our highly qualified, experienced and compassionate team are ready and waiting to welcome you to the newest addition to the Kirklands family.
As soon as you arrive at Highfield House, you’ll receive the warmest of welcomes. As the first facility in the Kirklands care group to also offer nursing care, you’ll quickly become part of a wonderful family of residents, and staff who can provide the support you need to live comfortably and in dignity with us.
Highfield House provides residential care for up to 67 people of mixed physical and cognitive ability, as well as nursing care for a range of needs, including Dementia, Parkinson’s disease and mental health issues.
We value our staff and will always seek to provide a happy work place. We know our jobs can get tough and together we will support each other through. We offer and support regular training and opportunity to develop and grow within the role.
Job Overview
- To develop and plan programmes, outings and events, staffing the events and overseeing the implementation of activities. Ensure the programme reflects the wishes and preferences of the current population of the organisation
- To support and enable service users to access social networks and maintain personal interests in accordance with best practice, agreed standards, legislation and within the financial budget
- 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
Responsibilities
- Organise and plan activity programmes reflecting service users’ preferences
- Produce newsletters to inform service users and their relatives/friends about what is going on
- Support service users to access the internet and other communication methods such as letter writing, Skype and FaceTime
- Plan events within allocated budget
- Ensure service users are at the heart of events and programmes to enhance their wellbeing
- Be responsible for promoting and protecting the welfare of those individuals supported by the service
Why choose to work for us?
- WE CARE ABOUT OUR STAFF AND REALLY TAKE OUR TIME TO GET TO KNOW YOU.
- COMPANY PENSION
- PROVIDE 2 UNIFORMS
- EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH AWARDS
- 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS EVENT
- TRAINING PAID FOR
- POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP - DO YOU WANT TO
- YOU WILL BE LOOKING AFTER THE MOST WONDERFUL PEOPLE
- THIS IS SUCH A REWARDING ROLE
- EXCELLENT MANAGEMENT WHO WILL ALWAYS SUPPORT YOU
Our ideal candidates
- Willingness to learn and develop your skills
- Dedicated to providing our residents with a high standard of care and support is essential
- Good interpersonal skills and a caring nature
- A desire to genuinely help other people and make a difference
- Good communication and listening skills are essential
- Good work ethic
- Be able to work on your own but also as part of a team
- Be able to work effectively with colleagues and Line Managers
- Ability to understand and follow policies and procedures
- Willingness to support home in covering extra shifts when needed
- Honesty and integrity
- Hardworking and motivated
- Reliable
If you have any questions or would like some further information on the role, please 'APPLY' now and we can arrange a phone call at your earliest convenience.
We can’t wait to hear from you.
Be sure to also check out our Instagram and Facebook pages to see what activities we’ve been up to recently, by searching ‘Facebook - highfieldhousecumbria’
Pay: £13.30 per hour
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Application question(s):
- Would you describe yourself as a kind and compassionate person?
- What is your current postcode please?
- Are you able to reliably commute to our location in Whitehaven CA28 9UB?
Work Location: In person
