The role:
The Wellness co-ordinator plays a vital role in promoting our owners’ well-being, and in encouraging independent living. The goal of a Wellness co-ordinator is to create a culture of wellness within The Beckett, which can lead to improved health, productivity, and overall well-being. With a focus on all aspects of wellbeing from emotional to physical to mental, outlined below are some key responsibilities for this position.
Responsibilities:
1. Designing and implementing health and wellness activities for owners and evaluating their effectiveness.
2. Coordinating and managing approved care partners.
3. Establishing partnerships with local providers/partners to develop an exciting range of activities and events
4. Prepare and communicate the wellbeing (events) activity calendar
5. Using our property management system (Cubigo) to monitor owners’ activities and engagement and understand their needs, building individual engagement plans where necessary.
6. Working with the local pharmacy to organise flu jabs and other recognised immunisations.
7. Collaborating with the restaurant chef on dietary needs for owners, ensuring a well-balanced dietary offer is in place that promotes wellbeing and nutritional needs.
8. Conducting well-being checks and providing companionship for owners.
9. Encouraging owners to engage in activities.
10. Conducting needs assessments.
11. Identifying health issues and risks in the owners homes and developing strategies to address them, in partnership with the care partner and other recognised services.
12. To work in harmony alongside all staff to deliver a service which is safe, caring, effective, responsive and well-led
13. with the General Manager to introduce change that benefits all clients and the organisation
14. Establish and develop professional relationships to positively promote the organisation, being seen as a thought leader in wellbeing for retirees
15. Share best practice across the group, with other Wellbeing co-ordinators
16. Ensures all team members adhere to professional standards in appearance, conduct and motives that effectively demonstrate the company’s values of trust and integrity and creates a safe and healthy environment.
Skills and Qualities Needed:
17. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
18. Compassion.
19. Ability to lead and motivate.
20. A strong understanding of health and wellness strategies.
21. Ability to develop and implement wellness initiatives.
22. Ability to develop and deliver wellness training programs.
23. Adaptable, imaginative, polite, professional, helpful and flexible in approach to the work
24. Self-motivated and with the ability to identify own training needs and a willingness to attend relevant training courses or other training
25. Reliable, trustworthy and honest
26. Understand and respect confidentiality in relation to all issues connected with the role
It’s important to note that a Wellness co-ordinator’s role extends beyond physical health-it also involves addressing mental and emotional well-being.
Benefits:
27. Contributory Pension Scheme
28. Health Care cash plan
29. Death in-service two-time salary
30. Meals on Duty
31. Access to 100’s of discounted daily purchases via Bright Ex-change
32. Employee Assistance Package – EAP.