Activities Co-ordinator - Cockermouth, United Kingdom - Priory Adult Care

Priory Adult Care

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Cockermouth, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Priory Adult Care is the UK's leading independent provider of specialist adult care services. Our aim is to provide the right support in the right home for all the individuals we accommodate.

With community-based residential care settings, as well as a network of supported living services, we support adults over the age of 18 with autism, dementia, learning disabilities, mental health conditions, Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) and behaviours that challenge.

We also offer a range of residential and nursing care settings for older people with varying levels of need.

Dalton Court is a purpose built care home providing a friendly and companionable place to live for older people requiring general or specialist dementia nursing care.

Located in the heart of the Lake District, the home offers a supportive environment with individualised bedrooms and comfortable lounge areas.

The Role:

As activities co-ordinator you will look to create, plan and organise an interesting and varied program of daily activities, entertainment and events, promoting the wellbeing of the residents

Duties may include:

Liaise with external companies to organise entertainment
Listening to the residents though conversation and questionnaires to aid producing a popular program of events/activities/entertainment
Develop a rapport with local community churches, schools, gyms ect
Work alongside care staff, coordinating hairdressing/chiropody visits etc.
Organise raffles & fund raising events for the residents/home.

About you:

We are looking for a cheerful, outgoing, passionate individual with a creative flair.

The ideal person will be organised and have some experience working with in the care sector, therefore being able to understand the needs of residents aiding activity choices.

No experience as activates co-ordinator is required but a positive, enthusiastic attitude is a must.

What we'd like to give you: