Activities Co-ordinator

Reporting to the Home Manager, the Activities Coordinator is responsible for ensuring that meaningful, enjoyable, engaging and stimulating activities are planned, organised, promoted and implemented in the Home for all residents in line with the principles, policies, procedures and best practice guidelines for relationship centred care, clinical care and dementia care.

The Activities Coordinator will motivate, inspire and mobilise team members in the Home to be involved and engaged in the provision of stimulating activities within the residents’ environment. They will provide information to report on the effectiveness of activities and regularly review, revise and refresh the activities programmes for all residents accordingly.

Activities Coordination

§ Plan, organise, promote and implement a meaningful, enjoyable, engaging and stimulating activities programme, based on relationship-centred care principles, throughout the home that involves and includes all residents relative to them as individuals

§ Motivate, inspire and mobilise other activities and care team members in the provision of meaningful, enjoyable, engaging and stimulating activities within the home to support relationship-centered care for residents

§ Champion relationship-centered care with all team members in the home to ensure residents are empowered to make, or continue to make, lifestyle choices relevant and appropriate to them

§ Lead on the design, development and implementation of the home’s newsletter that reports on the Home’s events and activities of interest (with photography where appropriate)

§ Ensure records relating to activities are accurate and up to date.

§ Plan regular reviews with each resident, in partnership with the care team members, where appropriate, to further enhance the lived experience of each resident in the home.§ Conduct regular reviews of all activities programmes to measure and assess effectiveness, revising and refreshing activities for all residents as a result

§ Ensure events, activities and achievements are communicated to the Manager and, where possible, local media with the Managers support.

§ Build strong and positive external links within the local community for the Home

§ Support the home, in building volunteering opportunities within the homes

§ Support the Home to ensure charity events organised by or within the Home are successful

§ Ensure all regulatory and statutory requirements are met and company policies and procedures are adhered to

§ Role model relationship centred care with all team members to empower residents with their choices.

§ Responsible for ensuring there is always sufficient equipment and resources available for the team to meaningfully engage and occupy residents.

§ To actively engage with residents in conversation and meaningful occupation related to their choices at a level and pace that values the individual and respects their dignity and communication differences.

§ To respond in a timely way to residents who are distressed (calling out, calling for help, knocking or making noises that suggest the need for support) or seek assistance if you feel unable to respond appropriately.

§ Document all activities that residents take part in or that are held within the home.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £10.57 per hour

Expected hours: 27.5 per week

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Free parking
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to Commute:

• Newark-on-Trent, NG22 0JQ (required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Newark-on-Trent, NG22 0JQ: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person