Activities Coordinator - Flitwick, United Kingdom - One Housing

One Housing

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Flitwick, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Activities Coordinator

Salary:
£10.90 hour

Location:
Baycroft, Flitwick

Hours & Shift Pattern:40 hours per week, flexibility around hours, alternative weekends on a two-week rolling rota.
Baycroft is a collection of care homes with a unique difference. We're part of One Housing, a housing association and not-for-profit organisation with a strong social purpose. All profit made by Baycroft is used to build affordable homes and support communitiesacross London and the Southeast. For us care is more than a word. It's a culture.

Baycroft, Flitwick is a CQC Good-rated care home offering residential, nursing and dementia care. We put the needs of residents and their families at the heart of everything we do. We are always looking for like-minded, talented people to joinour team. We offer our employees a friendly, collaborative workplace and the chance to build a rewarding career with a not-for-profit organisation proud of making a difference to lives every single day.

We are now recruiting a dynamic
Activities Coordinator to join our Care team and support us in delivering nutritious food and market-leading care to our residents.

Along with experience in an Activities Coordinator, you should have previousexperience developing an engaging and creative activities plan and ideally have previous experience working in an adult care setting.

We'll reward your hard work by:

Paying a competitive salary of £10.90 per hour.
Offering lean travel options, allowing you to spread the cost of your commute with a season ticket loan and/or our Cycle2Work scheme
Giving you plenty of annual leave, allowing you up to 29 days off each year (inclusive of bank holidays)
Providing fantastic development opportunities through your enrolment in One Academy, our inhouse learning and development offering
Paying you to give back to our communities through two fully paid volunteer days at our services
Rewarding your hard work through our colleague recognition programme and a career break after three years of service
Providing 24/7 counselling and support services to you and your family, and allowing you to claim back cash for some healthcare costs

And in return, you will be responsible for:

Developing and overseeing an active living programme for each resident, which supports mobility, social contact, independence, and fun.
Collaborating with the nursing and senior staff to assess strengths and capabilities of each resident in regard to activities of daily living.
Ensuring that any risk assessments have been carried out prior to any new planned activity or event.
Devising simple and safe activities which encourage movement and maintain joint flexibility and functional use of hands and fingers in activities.

Please note:
this role will require an enhanced DBS and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.