Activities Assistant - Care Home

The role of an Activities Assistant at a Barchester care home involves delivering imaginative, fun and varied activities to ensure residents can enjoy an environment that is motivational and fulfilling. The goal is to help each individual pursue their interests and enhance their involvement with family, friends, and the local community, enabling them to live as independently as possible.

Main duties of the job

As an Activities Assistant, you'll be responsible for helping to deliver an entertainment and activities programme that covers a wide range of pastimes, social activities, outings, and events. Your role will have a real impact on the residents' lives, as you work to create an engaging and fulfilling environment for them.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes in the UK, committed to delivering high-quality care and support to its residents. The company operates a network of care homes across the country, offering a range of services including residential, nursing, and dementia care.

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLEAs 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.

ABOUT YOUYou don't need any specific experience to join us as an Activities Assistant, so you could come from any background. What's important is that you have a sense of fun, creativity, and the ability to encourage and motivate others. You'll also need to have that little extra something a real interest in the people we support. Enthusiastic and empathetic, you're someone who'll really enjoy helping our residents to live their lives to the full. Bring us all of that, and you'll have every opportunity to develop your skills further with a range of courses designed to build your confidence in every aspect of your role.

REWARDS PACKAGEIn return for your dedication, you'll receive a competitive rate of pay plus our sector-leading benefits and rewards package including:

• Free training and development for all roles
• Access to wellbeing and support tools
• A range of retail discounts and savings
• Unlimited referrals with our Refer a Friend bonus scheme
• Employee of the Month rewards and Long Service Awards

Workplace Pension scheme, with Employer contributions from 3%

And so much more!

If you'd like to use your creativity and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

Person Specification Qualifications

• No specific experience is required for this role, as Barchester Healthcare provides training and development opportunities to help you build your skills and confidence in the role.

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.