Job Description - Activity Coordinator (HAT00OM)
Requisition Title
Activity Coordinator
Job Number:
HAT00OM
Location: Hatfield Peverel Lodge, Chelmsford, Essex CM3 2NZ
Salary: £11.90 - £12.80 per hour depending on experience
Hours: 15 - 21 hours per week, working hours 9am - 5pm, working days to include alternate weekends
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.
You’ll help us make health happen by:
* Running a morning and afternoon activity session tailored to our residents, including musical acts, days out, exercise classes, visitors from the community, arts and crafts, and more.
* Producing and updating an activity planner for the home, working to a set activities budget.
* Supporting our residents and encouraging them to partake in activities.
* Organising birthday surprises for our residents.
* Ensuring everything is organised for planned activities, events, performers, and coordinating days out.
* Liaising with external companies and performers from the local community to organise days out/events at the home.
* Assisting with breakfast, lunch, and dinner duties when necessary.
* Organising one-to-ones with our residents, involving reminiscing tools, puzzles, reading, or just a cup of tea and a chat.
* Updating paperwork, care plans, activity notes, and managing emails.
* 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. You are interested in caring for others, sharing your sense of humour, and spreading your infectious enthusiasm for making people’s lives better. Whether it’s motivating colleagues to support each activity or event, making links in the local area, or even getting friends and family involved, you’ll pack a lot of community spirit into everything you do.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
* My Healthcare - Quick, easy access to support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy, and mental health support – all available via one phone number 24/7.
* Annual allowance redeemable against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, approximately valued at £350.
* Free meal on every shift.
* 28 days holiday.
* Long service rewards including ecards, extra holidays, and money for every milestone at Bupa.
* Interest-free annual travel loan for public transport annual season tickets.
* Wagestream - Early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes.
* Range of Bupa pension plans.
* Parental leave schemes for adoption, birth parents, and co-parents.
* Menopause Plan designed to empower women to seek advice and take control of their health.
* Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK.
* Sick pay scheme for frontline teams, in addition to statutory sick pay.
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”, championing diversity and understanding 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.
As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. We’ll ensure 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 therefore is ineligible for sponsorship under the UK's Points Based Immigration System.
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