About this role
Job summary The Activities Coordinator role at Akari Care in Gateshead is an exciting opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of older residents. The successful candidate will be responsible for planning and implementing a variety of engaging activities that cater to the diverse interests and abilities of the residents, promoting social interaction, and enhancing their overall quality of life. The role requires a caring, flexible, and adaptable individual with excellent communication skills and a passion for working with the elderly.
Main duties of the job As an Activities Coordinator, you will be responsible for creating and coordinating a diverse range of activities and events that cater to the needs and preferences of the residents. This includes planning and initiating rolling/individual programs, encouraging residents to maintain their hobbies and try new activities, and actively engaging with colleagues, relatives, and friends to facilitate additional participation and socialization. You will also assist with innovative fundraising initiatives and budgeting for entertainment, materials, and outings, demonstrating your creative and out-of-the-box thinking. Ensuring a supportive, caring, and safe environment where residents are valued, respected, and can lead fulfilling lives is a key aspect of the role.
About us Akari Care is an award-winning provider of high-quality care for the elderly, with a mission to create an environment where residents are valued, respected, and offered personalized care. The organization is committed to providing a nurturing and inclusive community, where staff are empowered to make a meaningful difference in the lives of their residents.
Job description Job responsibilities
Package Description:
If you are passionate about caring for the elderly and want to build a long-term career in one of our award-winning homes, then look no further than Akari Care. Our aim is to create an environment where our residents are valued, respected, and are offered the personalised care they deserve.
We now seek an Activities Coordinator who is enthusiastic about, and thrives on, making a real and positive difference to the lives of older people.
Working in collaboration and unity with the Home Manager and the wider and extended community teams you will be responsible for helping and engaging residents to socialise within the home. This includes providing a variety of activities that cater for all tastes, abilities, cultures and, respecting everyone as an individual, ensuring that you promote diversity and inclusion at all stages. You will plan and initiate rolling / individual programmes, encouraging residents not only to maintain pre-existing hobbies but also to endeavor to try other activities. By supporting and actively encouraging colleagues, relatives, and friends to participate in activitieswith residents you will enable additional stimulation not only in the activity itself but in promoting socialising and spending quality time with others to help enrich our residents lives. Through willingly accompanying residents, where possible, to offsite activities, you will go above and beyond for our residents.
In actively assisting with innovative fund-raising initiatives and budgeting for entertainment, materials, and outings, you will enjoy thinking creatively and out of the box with regards to ways in which additional funds can be raised to support our residents activities. You will help to ensure that you and your colleagues create an environment which is supportive, caring and kind and undertake all duties in a way which provides a secure and safe atmosphere in which our residents are valued, respected, retain their individualism and dignity in order to lead full lives.
By showing us you can match our values with the right desire for personalised excellence, community spirit and a kind, caring and compassionate nature, we, in return, can offer you a career developing your knowledge, skills and abilities to support vulnerable adults with the care their individual needs require.
What we require from you:
Experience of working within similar environment
Previous experience within similar type of role
A caring nature with ability to give everyone a personal approach
Flexible and adaptable to changes at short notice
Work well under pressure without negative impact to those around you
Warm, approachable, and engaging persona
Outgoing and have an infectious personality
Respect everyone, treating others as you would expect to be treated
Resilient and adaptable to differing needs of colleagues and residents
Whats in it for you:
A competitive salary
Pension contribution of 5%
Recognition schemes and rewarding referral schemes
Uniform provided and DBS check costs paid
28 days annual leave (based on full-time hours, including Bank Holidays)
Flexible working patterns
Fully funded training and development
Support with personal development plans
The opportunity to grow and develop both personally and professionally
An engaging community environment where everyone is respected and included
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
The ideal candidate will have previous experience working in a similar environment and role, with a caring nature and the ability to provide a personalized approach to each resident. They should be flexible, adaptable, and resilient, able to work well under pressure without negatively impacting those around them. A warm, approachable, and engaging persona, as well as an outgoing and infectious personality, are also essential qualities for this 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.
Employer details Employer name Akari Care Limited
Address Akari Care
Gateshead
NE8 1QU
Employer's website https://www.akaricare.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)