Akari Care is seeking an enthusiastic and passionate Activities Coordinator to join their team in Parbold. The role involves creating a welcoming environment for the elderly residents, planning and delivering a variety of engaging activities, and collaborating with the wider community to enrich the lives of the residents.
Main duties of the job
The Activities Coordinator will be responsible for helping and engaging residents to socialize within the home, providing a range of activities that cater to different tastes, abilities, and cultures. They will plan and initiate rolling and individual programmes, encouraging residents to maintain their hobbies and try new activities. The role also involves actively assisting with fundraising initiatives and budgeting for entertainment, materials, and outings. The successful candidate should have a caring nature, be flexible and adaptable, and possess an engaging and outgoing personality.
About us
Akari Care is an award-winning care home provider with a mission to create an environment where residents are valued, respected, and offered personalized care. They are committed to providing a supportive, caring, and kind atmosphere where residents can lead full and enriched lives.
Job responsibilities
If you are passionate about caring for the elderly and want to build a long-term career in one of our award-winning homes, then look no further than Akari Care. Our aim is to create an environment where our residents are valued, respected, and are offered the personalised care they deserve.
We now seek an Activities Coordinator who is enthusiastic about, and thrives on, making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people.
Working in collaboration and unity with the Home Manager and the wider community teams, you will be responsible for helping and engaging residents to socialise within the home. This includes providing a variety of activities that cater for all tastes, abilities, and cultures, and ensuring that you promote diversity and inclusion at all stages. You will plan and initiate rolling and individual programmes, encouraging residents to maintain pre-existing hobbies and endeavor to try other activities. By supporting and actively encouraging colleagues, relatives, and friends to participate in activities with residents, you will enable additional stimulation not only in the activity itself but in promoting socialising and spending quality time with others to help enrich our residents' lives. Through willingly accompanying residents, where possible, to offsite activities, you will go above and beyond for our residents.
In actively assisting with innovative fundraising initiatives and budgeting for entertainment, materials, and outings, you will enjoy thinking creatively and out of the box regarding ways in which additional funds can be raised to support our residents' activities. You will help to ensure that you and your colleagues create an environment which is supportive, caring, and kind and undertake all duties in a way which provides a secure and safe atmosphere in which our residents are valued, respected, retain their individualism and dignity in order to lead full lives.
By showing us you can match our values with the right desire for personalised excellence, community spirit, and a kind, caring and compassionate nature, we, in return, can offer you a career developing your knowledge, skills and abilities to support vulnerable adults with the care their individual needs require.
What we require from you:
* Experience of working within a similar environment
* Previous experience within a similar type of role
* A caring nature with the ability to give everyone a personal approach
* Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice
* Work well under pressure without negative impact on those around you
* Warm, approachable, and engaging persona
* Outgoing and have an infectious personality
* Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated
* Resilient and adaptable to the differing needs of colleagues and residents
Whats in it for you:
* Pension contribution of 5%
* Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes
* Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid
* 28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays)
* Fully funded training and development
* Support with personal development plans
* The opportunity to grow and develop both personally and professionally
* An engaging community environment where everyone is respected and included
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Experience of working in a similar environment, previous experience in a similar role, a caring nature with the ability to provide a personal approach, and strong interpersonal skills.
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.
Depending on experience, salary expectations will be discussed at the interview stage.
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