Lead Wellbeing & Lifestyle Co-Ordinator

LeadWellbeing & LifestyleCo Ordinator

£15.00 per hour plus Company Benefits

40 Hours per week with some weekend working

A Top 20 Care Home Group 2025! Awarded One Of The 'UK's Best Companies To Work For' Please note - We cannot offer sponsorship for this position.

Oakley Grange is a luxurious residential and dementia care home based in Warwick offering state of the art facilities, which include 66 large en suite bedrooms and 5 luxury care suites. The home also features luxurious lounges and dining rooms, an on site café bar, a cinema and a professional hair and beauty salon.

Our LeadWellbeing & LifestyleCo Ordinator is both a management and a hands on working role. You will be responsible for managing and coordinating a successful activities and volunteer programme within the Cinnamon Home. This includes internal and external communication about activities focused programmes for our residents, as well as networking within the local community to recruit, train and place volunteers within the home. You will introduce appropriate activities for our residents which support independence and identify activities in the surrounding areas that will assist our residents to integrate into the local community. You will need to be flexible in your working hours and will work on a rota basis covering some weekends.

Ideally you will holda full clean driving licence as at times you may be required to drive the mini bus for our external excursions.

Our team member benefits include:

Paid Breaks Uniforms Staff Meals Nest Pension Employee Assistance Programme Care Workers Charity 'Spice of Life' - Discount Retail Scheme Cycle Scheme Eye Care Refer a Friend Scheme Reward Vouchers Quarterly & Annual Company Recognition Awards

Main Responsibilities

1. Organise and conduct activities that encourage both social, mental and if appropriate physical stimulation for the residents within the home, meeting with the Seven Branches of Cinnamon Activities Programme.
2. Network and develop links in the local community to establish a relationship with local businesses, organisations, and schools. Build and maintain a volunteer base for the whole home, involving family, team members and community volunteers to participate as a regular part of the activities programme.
3. Manage the activities team including undertaking supervisions / appraisals and dealing with any people issues appropriately, also ensuring that a robust rota is in place.
4. To organise special events i.e., Christmas entertainment, Ascot, Royal Occasions etc.
5. To produce a monthly programme of events to be discussed with the General Manager of the homes using the Cinnamon Activities Calendar Template.
6. Regularly update the Cinnamon website, Facebook etc. to promote activities to the local community and potential residents and their families.
7. To keep within the home's activities budget.
8. Assess resident's specific social needs on move in to the home and develop a personal activities programme, taking time to get to know each resident as an individual in order to provide stimulating activities to meet varying needs.

Person Specification

1. Current experience in managing a team.
2. Level 3 (QCF) Supporting Activities Provision.
3. NAPA Qualifications & Training Areas desirable.
4. Knowledge of organising activities to enhance the lives of residents.
5. IT literacy - competent with the use of systems.