About this role
Job summary Package Description: Bring Your Creativity to Work as an Activities Coordinator at Cheriton care home Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can truly make a difference? Do you love bringing joy to others, designing fun activities and lighting up a room with your personality? Whether you're brand new to care or just searching for an exciting new challenge, this is your chance to shine. Come and join the Agincare family as an Activities Coordinator, a role where your energy, imagination and enthusiasm can make every day meaningful for our residents. Why Youll Love It Career development and funded training (up to QCF Level 5) Refer-a-friend up to £1000 Blue Light discount £12.72 per hour Company pension On-demand pay Availability to work 40 hours per week - 09.30am - 6pm. Must be able to working every other weekend, this will include both days. Youll create joyful moments for residents through fun, laughter, and creativity How youll make a difference
Main duties of the job As an Activities Coordinator at the Cheriton care home, you'll take on a vibrant role that focuses on bringing joy and creativity into the daily lives of residents. The job invites those new to care sectors as well as experienced individuals in search of an engaging challenge. The position is part of the Agincare family, emphasizing the opportunity to create meaningful moments through fun, laughter, and creativity. It highlights an energetic environment where your enthusiasm and imagination can truly make a difference. This opportunity offers career development with funded training programs leading up to QCF Level 5 qualifications and a Blue Light discount besides a rewarding salary. The position requires a commitment to work 40 hours a week, including weekends but provides benefits like company pension and on-demand pay. You will be responsible for planning and leading activities, facilitating crafts, quizzes, BBQs, and seasonal celebrations. The role also includes organizing events with entertainers and arranging social outings to enhance the well-being and independence of the residents. Your creative, people-focused personality will be key to your success in making daily life engaging and joyful for the residents.
About us Agincare is a well-established care provider based in the UK, celebrating 40 years of dedicated service to communities. As a family-owned company with a team of nearly 6000 members and growing, Agincare prides itself on delivering comprehensive care services across England. Their offerings include care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across over 170 locations in the country. They have strengthened their services through new care home developments and the introduction of children's services through a not-for-profit model. Agincare fosters an inclusive work environment that supports diversity, as evidenced by their equal opportunities policy. They are committed to supporting care leavers through their alliance with the Care Leaver Covenant and provide guaranteed interviews to members of the Armed Forces community. All of their services are regulated by the Care Quality Commission, ensuring high standards in their operations. Despite their expansive footprint, Agincare maintains a focus on quality care and growth.
Job description Job responsibilities Package Description: Bring Your Creativity to Work as an Activities Coordinator at Cheriton care home
Are you looking for a rewarding career where you cantruly make a difference?Do you love bringing joy to others, designing fun activities and lighting up a room with your personality?
Whether you're brand new to care or just searching for an exciting new challenge, this is your chance to shine.
Come and join the Agincare family as an Activities Coordinator, a role where your energy, imagination and enthusiasm can make every day meaningful for our residents.
Why Youll Love It Career development and funded training (up to QCF Level 5) Refer-a-friend up to £1000 Blue Light discount £12.72 per hour Company pension On-demand pay Availability to work 40 hours per week - 09.30am - 6pm. Must be able to working every other weekend, this will include both days. Youll create joyful moments for residents through fun, laughter, and creativityHow youll make a difference Bring energy, creativity and fun into daily life for our residents Plan engaging activities, games, quizzes, crafts & one-to-one moments Organise events like BBQs and Christmas parties Arrange visits from entertainers & local businesses Support movement and independence through fun physical activities Lead social outings and in-home activities for all abilitiesAll you need is: A minimum of 12 months right to work in the UK The availability to commit to 40 hours per week A warm, creative, people-focused personalityWhere youll be working Cheriton care home, 8-10 Weymouth Ave, Dorchester DT1 2EN Care home: Cheriton Residential Care Home in Dorchester, Dorset | Agincare Care Centre CQC rating: Cheriton Care Home - Care Quality Commission If you have the heart, we have the career. Apply today.About us:Agincare is proudly celebrating 40 years of caring for communities.As a rapidly growing, family-owned care provider with close to 6000 team members, and expanding every day, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of our new 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 locations across England.
As a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant, we are committed to supporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation.We are proud to support the Armed Forces community through our alliance, offering guaranteed interviews to 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 right to work in the UK; availability to commit to 40 hours per week; a warm, creative, people-focused personality
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
Dorchester
DT1 2EN
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.agincare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)