About this role
Job summary Join Agincare Homes Holdings as an Activities Coordinator in their Aylesbury location. This permanent position offers a fulfilling opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the lives of care home residents. With a salary of £12.87 per hour, this role involves planning and organizing a variety of activities both within the care home and through external engagements. The role requires working 30 hours a week, including alternate weekends, and suits someone with a passion for creating engaging and supportive environments for the elderly. Agincare values training and career development, offering fully funded training up to QCF level 5.
Main duties of the job Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can really make a difference? Do you enjoy entertaining others or designing activities? You may be new to care or looking for a new challenge within one of our homes. As an Activities Coordinator, you will provide companionship, design engaging activities, plan events, interact with residents, communicate with external resources, and support residents' mobility through varied activities. Agincare offers outstanding career development, a refer a friend scheme, fully funded training, care discounts, a pension scheme, and on-demand pay. Join Agincare and contribute to one of the UKs largest care providers.
About us Agincare is celebrating 40 years of caring for communities. As a growing, family-owned care provider with over 5,500 team members, Agincare offers diverse services, including care and nursing homes, home care, and live-in care across more than 170 locations nationwide. Agincare is committed to supporting care leavers and the Armed Forces community by offering guaranteed interviews and career conversations. All services are regulated by the CQC, and Agincare prides itself on being an equal opportunities employer, encouraging applications from diverse backgrounds and experiences, though it currently does not offer visa sponsorship.
Job description Job responsibilities Package Description:
Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can really make a difference? Do you enjoy entertaining others or designing activities?
You may be new to care or looking for a new challenge within one of our homes.
Come and join the Agincare family as anActivities Coordinator
Where you'll be working
Click here to view the care home Luxury Aylesbury Care Home | Nursing Home Buckinghamshire | AgincareAs an Agincare employee you'll enjoy
£12.87 per hour Refer a friend scheme up to£1000 Outstanding career development Fully funded training up to QCF level 5 Blue Light care discount package Company pension scheme On demand payWhat is required from you?
A minimum of 12 months on your right to work This position is working 30 hours per week, to include working alternate weekends Experience in an activities type role is preferredA day in the life of an Activities Coordinator
Companionship- providing support, companionship, communication and engagement with residents Creating activities- you will be in charge of designing an engaging activities plan both internally and with external resources. Event planning our Activities Coordinators are involved with planning events such as summer BBQs or Christmas parties for our residents. Resident interaction you will always be in conversation with residents to see which activities they want to do and bringing them to fruition. External communications as an Activities Coordinator you will be speaking with external entertainers or businesses to organise visits from entertainers or arranging for visits to businesses for the residents. Mobility - supporting the client to live as independently as possible with their mobility through activities such as Zumba or ballroom or even things like balloon tennis. Social activities- trips out, social engagements and activities within the home for all abilities.About Agincare
Agincare is proudly celebrating 40years of caring for communities. As a rapidlygrowing, family-ownedcare provider with more than5,500 team members, and expanding every day, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of ournew not-for-profit Childrens Services. Today,Agincare is one of the UKs largest care providers, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locationsnationwide.
As a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant, we are committed tosupporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation.We are proud to support the Armed Forcescommunity through our alliance,offering guaranteed interviewsto service leavers and members of the military community.
All of our services are regulated by the CQCand Agincare is proud to be anequal opportunities employerand encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences.At present, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.
As care is always in high demand, we have a wide range of exciting opportunities available. If this particular role isnt the right fit for you, we encourage you to explore our other vacancies,www.agincare.com/careers
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
A minimum of 12 months on your right to work and experience in an activities type role is preferred.
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 Agincare
Address Agincare Homes Holdings
Aylesbury
HP21 8JN
Employer's website https://www.agincare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)