This role as a Wellbeing and Activities Assistant at Avery Healthcare offers the opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of residents every day. You will be part of a caring, supportive team that values respect, compassion, and exceptional care. With a focus on providing engaging activities to support residents' physical, cognitive, and social well-being, this role is ideal for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual with experience working with older adults.
Main duties of the job
As Wellbeing and Activities Assistant, your focus will be to support the Wellbeing Coordinator in providing a wide range of activities to engage and stimulate the resident's physical, cognitive, and social well-being. Other responsibilities will include maintaining a safe living and working environment, contributing to the positive and professional image of the home, reporting any changes in residents' physical or emotional condition, supporting with ordering and preparing supplies for upcoming activities, and establishing links with the local community to encourage access and promote intergenerational activity.
About us
Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, with a vision of "creating meaningful lives together." They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for their residents and team members, offering exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes and building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.
Job responsibilities
Package Description: At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and we're here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you'll be making a positive impact on residents' lives every day; your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We're committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. And as part of our close-knit team, you'll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care.
As Wellbeing and Activities Assistant, your focus will be to support the Wellbeing Coordinator in providing a wide range of activities to engage and stimulate the resident's physical, cognitive, and social well-being.
Other responsibilities will include:
* Maintaining a safe living and working environment, contributing to the positive and professional image of the home.
* Reporting any changes in residents' physical or emotional condition to the Wellbeing and Activity Coordinator, Home Manager, and the care staff.
* Supporting with ordering and preparing supplies for upcoming activities as directed.
* Supporting establishing links with the local community (e.g., schools, spiritual groups, museums/libraries) to encourage access to the wider community and promote intergenerational activity.
About you
To succeed in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in everything you do.
Our ideal candidate must:
* Have effective communication skills, verbal and written.
* Demonstrate understanding of the role interaction plays in the general well-being of people.
* Have a positive attitude toward older people and a commitment to providing stimulating, quality activities and social events.
* Have previously worked with older people in a residential nursing Dementia setting.
Qualifications
* To succeed in this role, you will need to have effective communication skills, both verbal and written, demonstrate an understanding of the role interaction plays in the general well-being of people, have a positive attitude toward older people and a commitment to providing stimulating, quality activities and social events, and have previously worked with older people in a residential nursing Dementia setting.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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