About this role
Job summary Akari Care is seeking an enthusiastic and passionate Activities Coordinator to make a positive difference in the lives of older people in their award-winning care homes. The role involves planning and coordinating a variety of activities to engage residents, promote social interaction, and enrich their daily lives. The successful candidate will have experience in a similar environment, a caring nature, and the ability to adapt to the changing needs of residents.
Main duties of the job The Activities Coordinator will be responsible for helping and engaging residents to socialize within the home, providing a variety of activities that cater to all tastes, abilities, and cultures. They will plan and initiate rolling and individual programs, encouraging residents to maintain existing hobbies and try new activities. The coordinator will also support and encourage colleagues, relatives, and friends to participate in activities with residents, enabling additional stimulation and promoting quality time together. The role includes assisting with innovative fundraising initiatives and budgeting for entertainment, materials, and outings, as well as creating a supportive, caring, and safe environment for residents.
About us Akari Care is a provider of award-winning care homes that aim to create an environment where residents are valued, respected, and offered personalized care. The organization is committed to supporting its employees' professional development and providing a range of benefits, including a competitive salary, pension contribution, training, and flexible working patterns.
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 experience working in a similar environment, previous experience in a similar role, a caring nature with the ability to provide a personal approach, and be flexible, adaptable, and able to work well under pressure. They should also have a warm, approachable, and engaging persona, be outgoing with an infectious personality, and treat everyone with respect.
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
Stanley
DH9 8AD
Employer's website https://www.akaricare.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)