Wellbeing & Activities -
Bluebell House: Our lovely home in Westward Ho!, Bluebell House is looking for a Wellbeing & Activities member.
The Activities Co-ordinator role is a hands-on working role with responsibility for coordinating a successful activities and volunteer programme within our homes. This includes internal and external communication about activities-focused programmes for our residents.
To introduce appropriate activities for older people which support independence and to identify activities in the surrounding areas that will assist residents to integrate into the local community.
Key Responsibilities:
- Engage with external providers to inspire activities, projects and engagement with the wider team, including all departments in the home.
- Provide a welcoming and friendly environment to encourage attendance and participation of residents in planned events.
- Ensure a variety of items of interest and activities are available in communal areas for care colleagues to use to engage residents outside of planned events.
- Seek involvement of colleagues through identification of their hobbies and interests that can be matched to those of individual residents.
- Liaise with colleagues to ensure that residents are supported to get the maximum benefit from their chosen activities.
- Ensure that daily records of participation in events or activities, and the outcomes for residents are recorded on electronic care notes.
- Ensure that residents are offered one-to-one meaningful engagement if they are unable or unwilling to join group events.
- Actively seek and record feedback and suggestions from residents and relatives about the events and lifestyle opportunities available in the home.
- Demonstrate that the feedback received from residents and relatives is used to inform the planning of the monthly events calendar.
- Encourage and assist residents to make use of outdoor space.
- Prepare rooms and required equipment to enable successful delivery of the planned events program.
- Plan and support with resident trips out of the home.
- Be familiar with residents to ensure that activities are achievable for a range of abilities and support needs.
- To help organise fund raising events.
- To help organise special events i.e. Christmas entertainment, Ascot, Royal Occasion, etc.
- To help produce a monthly programme of events to be discussed with the General Manager of the home.
- To encourage residents and team members to participate in the homes activities programme.
- Maintenance of posters and notice boards within the home.
- Maintain the required standards of confidentiality.
- Attend relevant staff meetings and training as required
Person Specification – Skills and Qualifications:
- Compassionate and caring nature
- Ability to organise activities
- Outgoing and fun to be around
- IT literacy – competent with the use of systems
- Good communication skills
- Excellent written and verbal English.
- Clean/current driving licence
- Enhanced DBS
To apply for the position, please reply through this form. We will be in touch with you within 48 hours.
Rate of pay: £13.17 - £13.42 per hour.
Most importantly we are looking for nice, friendly, dedicated people who will set high standards for themselves and be active members of the care team. We look for people who behave in a positive manner at all times, putting the best interests of the residents in their care at the heart of all that they do.
To be eligible to apply for this vacancy, you already need to have the right to work in the UK as the Company is unable to provide sponsorship for this post.
