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Responsibilities

We are currently seeking Activities Coordinator to join our team to work full time hours 37.5 hrs/week.

The shifts would involve working on alternate weekends (depending on ROTA).

Help Clients to socialise within the Care Centre, and provide a variety of activities that cater for all tastes.

Plan and initiate monthly rolling / individual programmes, and encourage Clients to maintain pre- existing hobbies.

Activities Coordinator will encourage Staff Members, Relatives and Friends to participate in the Care Centre's activities.

Accompany Clients, where possible, to off site activities.

Help to create an atmosphere that suits individual Clients within the Care Centre.

Assist with fund raising, and budgeting, for entertainments, materials and outings.

Maintain full and accurate records of daily activities using appropriate documentation, and assist the Named Carer to review and update Client Care Files.

Discuss the aims and objectives of recreation therapy with other Staff Members

Activities Coordinator will report any changes in Clients' physical or emotional condition to the Home Manager or Person in Charge.

Provide comfort and company, on a one to one basis, for Clients who are unable to undertake any form of activity.

Arrange / participate in Staff and Client meetings, as and when required.

Actively market the Care Centre and promote a positive personal / professional profile within the local community, ensuring the good reputation of the Care Centre at all times.

Attend mandatory training days/courses, on or off site, as and when required.

Report immediately to the Home Manager, or Person in Charge, any illness of an infectious nature or accident incurred by a Client, colleague, self or another.

Understand and ensure the implementation of the Care Centre’s Health and Safety policy, and Emergency and Fire procedures.

Report to the Home Manager, or the Handyperson, any faulty appliances, damaged furniture, equipment or any potential hazard.

Activities Coordinator will promote safe working practice in the Care Centre

Qualifications and Skills

Previous experience of working with the relevant Client group

Qualification in remedial / occupational therapies

Flexible approach towards working routines

Satisfactory CRB / DBS checks

Desirable:

Proven ability to develop and organise a range of events / activities for Clients in all Client categories

Good communication and organisational skills

Positive, upbeat personality

Ability to work on own initiative

Friendly, creative and confident

Genuine interest in working with the relevant Client group

Benefits:

Highly Competitive rates of pay (£12.00 hourly)

28 days holiday entitlement(FTE)

Auto Enrolment Pension Scheme

An excellent range of services available via our business partner Simply Health to encourage healthy and motivated workforce after completion of 1 year service with us.

Excellent training and support

Established, Reputable, Forward Thinking Employer

About The Company

About Handsale Ltd:

Handsale Ltd is a privately-owned healthcare company that currently owns and operates five Care Homes across England, Wales and Scotland. Founded in 1988 as a family business, Handsale has proudly maintained its family-owned and operated structure to this day. Handsale has over 35+ years of experience in healthcare and is a well-respected group in the industry. The Company operates 372 beds and employs over 457 people. Each Handsale care home is exactly that – a home. They are all situated in carefully chosen areas where their residents can continue to lead fulfilling lives while feeling confident and secure. The homes are run with an ethos based on quality, trust and support. Handsale prides itself on being an integral part of each of the communities it serves.

Westerfield Care Home – Handsale Ltd

The home caters 62 residents and offers Nursing and Residential care. We care for people those with Dementia & Old Age. Facility & Services we offer are Palliative Care, Respite Care, Convalescent Care, Alzheimer’s Care, Cancer Care, Stroke, Bipolar/Manic Depression, Cerebral Palsy, Colitis & Crohn's Disease and Separate EMI Unit