This role as an Activities Assistant at a Barchester care home involves delivering engaging and varied activities to ensure residents can enjoy a fulfilling and motivational environment. You'll help enhance their involvement with the local community and support them to live as independently as possible. The position requires a UK driving license and comfort with driving a mini bus.
Main duties of the job
As an Activities Assistant, you'll be responsible for planning and delivering a diverse range of activities, outings, and social events that cater to the interests and needs of the care home residents. This includes organizing games, arts and crafts, exercise classes, and trips to local amenities. The role requires creativity, empathy, and the ability to encourage and motivate others. You'll play a vital part in improving the quality of life for the residents and helping them stay engaged with their hobbies and the local community.
Job responsibilities
For this position you must hold a UK Driving License and be comfortable with driving a mini bus - the position is for 26 hours per week.
ABOUT THE ROLE As an Activities Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll deliver imaginative, fun and varied activities to ensure our residents can enjoy an environment that is motivational and fulfilling. We want to make sure each individual can pursue the interests they most enjoy and that means you'll have a real impact on our residents' lives. The Activities Assistant role involves helping us to deliver an entertainment and activities programme that covers a wide range of pastimes, social activities, outings and events. Put simply, you'll help every resident to live as independently as possible and enhance their involvement with their family, friends and the local community.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* No specific experience is required for this role, as Barchester provides comprehensive training and support. However, a UK driving license and comfort with driving a mini bus are essential for the position.
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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