Help Clients to socialise within the Care home, and provide a variety of activities that cater for all tastes.
Plan and initiate monthly rolling / individual programmes, and encourage Clients to maintain pre- existing hobbies.
Activities Coordinator will encourage Staff Members, Relatives and Friends to participate in the Care home's activities.
Accompany Clients, where possible, to off site activities.
Help to create an atmosphere that suits individual Clients within the Care home.
Assist with fund raising, and budgeting, for entertainments, materials and outings.
Maintain full and accurate records of daily activities using appropriate documentation, and assist the Named Carer to review and update Client Care Files.
Discuss the aims and objectives of recreation therapy with other Staff Members
Activities Coordinator will report any changes in Clients' physical or emotional condition to the Home Manager or Person in Charge.
Provide comfort and company, on a one to one basis, for Clients who are unable to undertake any form of activity.
Arrange / participate in Staff and Client meetings, as and when required.
Actively market the Care home and promote a positive personal / professional profile within the local community, ensuring the good reputation of the care home at all times.
Attend mandatory training days/courses, on or off site, as and when required.
Report immediately to the Home Manager, or Person in Charge, any illness of an infectious nature or accident incurred by a Client, colleague, self or another.
Understand and ensure the implementation of the Health and Safety policy, and Emergency and Fire procedures.
To promote safe working practice in the Care home