Job Description:
Activity Coordinator
Location: Westcombe Park Care Home, 112a Westcombe Park, Road, Blackheath, London SE3 7RZ
Contract: Permanent - Part Time
Hours: 23 hours per week - (Saturday and Sunday and one day during the week.)
Salary: £12.75 to £13.75 per hour, depending on experience
CQC rating: Good
Carehome.co.uk rating: 9.6 / 10
Westcombe Park is a modern care home situated in a pleasant leafy neighbourhood of south-east London. Here, they warmly welcome residents in need of nursing or residential care. They also provide respite and convalescence care.
Every bedroom has been thoughtfully decorated to create a warm and homely atmosphere. Most of the bedrooms are en suite. It can also accommodate couples with double rooms.
The home is close to local transport links, is a few minutes' drive from the A2 and benefits from a bus route stopping directly outside the home, making visiting for family and friends easier. The care home is also only a few minutes' walk to local amenities, shops and the local bank.
At Westcombe Park, staff take great care to focus on the person. It's important for residents to feel at home, so it creates a friendly environment with an individually appropriate balance of care and independence.
Enjoying food is an important part of life. The chefs create well-crafted menus made with the freshest ingredients and try to cater for all ethnicity groups. Soon after a resident arrives at the home, staff discuss their personal preferences and dietary needs with them.
There's a real sense of community at Westcombe Park. The staff work to discover what residents enjoy doing and the home's social calendar is organised around those interests. So whether a loved one already has a hobby or would like to take up a new one, there are lots of exciting activities to get involved in.
We make health happen
Here at Bupa we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives.
An activity coordinator in our care home is like the chief fun officer. They create a vibrant, joy-filled atmosphere for our residents. They dream up exciting events and hobbies that residents will love. Think arts and crafts, baking, book clubs, and even pub quizzes.
They work closely with our residents and care teams to create tailored activity plans. Whether it's gentle chair-based exercise or a garden party, they've got it covered! Coordinators bring people together for laughter, camaraderie, and shared experiences. Activities aren't just fun; they're also therapeutic. From meditation to wellbeing classes, they boost residents' spirits and well-being.
You'll help us make health happen by:
- Running morning and afternoon activity sessions.
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Producing and updating an activity planner for the home, working to a set activities budget
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Organising birthday surprises for our residents
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Liaising with external companies and performers from the local community to organise days out/events at the home
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Organising one to ones with our residents, this might involve reminiscing tools, puzzles, reading or just a cup of tea and a chat
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Supporting the home with their social media channels as required
Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:
You're a creative thinker with plenty of ideas, who can also manage budgets and maintain paperwork, effectively managing priorities as they arise. Wanting to make a real difference, you're interested in caring for others, sharing your sense of humour and spreading your infectious enthusiasm for making people's lives better.
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
- My Healthcare - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support
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Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350
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Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes
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28 days holiday
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We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.
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Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
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Free meal on every shift
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Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets
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We offer a range of Bupa pension plans - find out more on our career site
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Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents -find out more on our career site
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Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health
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Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK
Why Bupa?
We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to ”Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role.
We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
** Please note, this role is not at or above RQF Level 3 and is not included under the UK's Points Based Immigration System for sponsorship by an employer.
Time Type:
Part time
Job Area:
Care Home - Facilities & Home Support
Locations:
Westcombe Park
Referral programme, Paid volunteer time, Discounted or free food, Cycle to work scheme, Additional leave, Private dental insurance, Health & wellbeing programme, Financial planning services, Company pension, Gym membership, Employee mentoring programme, Free flu jabs
