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Salary- Lea Grange Care Home
Lea Grange is a brand-new Care Home, opening in the summer of 2024, which offers 24-hour residential, nursing, and dementia and respite care in contemporary and elegant surroundings. It offers an array of luxurious facilities; including beautifully decorated bedrooms equipped with ensuite wet-rooms, a selection of stylish lounges, multiple restaurants, a state-of-the-art gym, café, cinema, treatment room with nail and hair salon, a leisure and wellness room and a private dining room for special family celebrations which completes the array of first-class facilities on offer.
It is situated in the gorgeous town of Harpenden, a short walk away from Harpenden train station.
Porthaven do not currently offer sponsorship or relocation packages.
About the role:
Make a difference to people's lives every day with a rewarding career at Porthaven Care Homes. Whether you are new to the care sector or have experience, working within a Porthaven care home can be incredibly fulfilling.
As a Activities and Wellbeing Coordinator you will co-ordinate and support the planning, creation and delivery of our home's leisure and wellness programme which aims to encourage our residents to participate in a wide range of engaging Activities and hobbies. You will take the lead in ensuring a programme of individual activities is available to enhance the lives and improve the holistic wellbeing of our residents. You will spend time getting to know our residents and tailor Activities and leisure pursuits to deliver person-centred care.
About you
You don't need a background in care as we will provide a full training programme including NAPA Level 2, progression towards NAPA Level 3, and Awards for Supporting Activity Provision in Social Care.
You will be well organised and able to demonstrate the leadership qualities we look for in our Activities and Wellbeing Coordinators. You will need excellent computer literacy, and reading and writing skills, and you will be able to communicate clearly with a wide variety of people, including our residents. Above all else, you will have a genuine interest in active ageing for older people.
Weekend availability is essential as our Activity and Wellbeing Coordinators work alternate weekends.
The successful candidate will be subject to the provision of satisfactory references and a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and they must be authorised to work in the United Kingdom.
