This is a role as a Wellbeing and Activities Assistant at Avery Healthcare, a leading provider of luxury elderly care homes in the UK. The focus will be on supporting the Wellbeing Coordinator in providing a wide range of activities to engage and stimulate the residents' physical, cognitive, and social well-being.
Main duties of the job
As a Wellbeing and Activities Assistant, you will support the Wellbeing Coordinator in delivering a variety of activities to enhance the residents' overall well-being. This will include maintaining a safe living and working environment, reporting any changes in residents' conditions, and supporting with ordering and preparing supplies for upcoming activities. You should have effective communication skills, a positive attitude towards older people, and experience working in a residential nursing or dementia setting.
About us
Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for their residents and employees, offering exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes. Avery is a place where people love to work, with a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.
Job responsibilities
Package Description:
Shift Details: 09:30 - 17:30 and occasional evening 12:00 - 20:00
As a 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 residents' physical, cognitive, and social well-being. Your 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.
* 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 or dementia setting.
Qualifications
* To be successful in this role, you should have previous experience working with older people in a residential nursing or dementia setting, as well as a positive attitude towards older people and a commitment to providing stimulating, quality activities and social events.
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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