Activities Co-ordinator - Holbeach, United Kingdom - Nutton Stoven Residential Care Home

Nutton Stoven Residential Care Home
Nutton Stoven Residential Care Home
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Holbeach, United Kingdom

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Position Activities / Entertainments' Organiser / Co-ordinator ( part time ) 16hrs per week over 5days £9.55 per hour

Responsible to Registered Manager

Purpose of Position

To be responsible to the registered manager (and / or where applicable an activities manager) for planning

and organising activity and therapeutic programmes for service users in line with their assessed needs and

wishes as recorded in their care and support plans.

To offer activities and activity programmes for service users that reflect their individual and cultural

interests, including religious beliefs; developed in line with equality and diversity policies and commitment

to anti-discrimination.

To provide a well-thought-out set of activities that educate, entertain, provide therapeutic experiences and

generally stimulate service users physically and / or mentally, and which improve their health and wellbeing

in line with their care and support needs

To involve service users in co-producing and developing suitable programmes of activity / entertainments

that reflect their personal needs and interests

To work closely with relatives, other staff and others involved in meeting service users' care and support to

ensure that the best possible outcomes for service users are achieved, and to comply with the care

standards.

Principal Responsibilities

Helping to assess and collate service users' interests and preferences in association with other care staff

members particularly key workers.

Planning and organising programmes of individual and group activities, including outings and

entertainments, in response to service users' identified interests, including their needs for therapeutic

provision

Working closely with service users, staff and others involved in the organising and the running of

entertainments, social activities and planned outings.

Being responsible for the appropriate use of the service's activities' programme budget.

Organising publicity and information about the activities being offered, displaying, distributing and updating

the information to service users, staff and others involved.

Contributing where required, to the reviewing updating of the parts of the service's publicity and information

relating to its educational, social and therapeutic activity provision so that the information included in these

documents is always accurate and in line with consumer law.

Organising and leading staff discussions and training to encourage and enable other staff to contribute to

the activities / entertainment programmes according to their interests, skills and talents.

Investigating, developing and extending the range of activities and interests that the service can offer,

including making innovative and creative proposals and recommendations.


Maintaining and developing the service's "information bank" about community and other resources that service users might be able to use in the pursuit of their interests.

Reviewing and evaluating the activities programme so that it is kept up to date and fit for purpose.

Organising and carrying out regular "customer satisfaction surveys" of the activities provided so that they

can be continuously improved.

Regularly reporting progress to the registered manager / activities adviser / activities manager (as and

(where applicable) on the activities and entertainments' being provided and discussing further

developments and improvements.

Qualities, Experience and Qualifications' Requirements

To have experience e.g. in a voluntary role of organising activity programmes

To have experience as a social care worker

To have an understanding of the difficulties and needs for individual stimulation and social engagement of

service users, particularly of people living with impairments such as dementia and with complex needs

To have good planning, organising, networking and teamworking skills

To have qualifications in a relevant profession e.g. in occupational, art, music or cognitive therapy

To have a vocational qualification in activity provision (e.g. at QCF Level 2 / 3 as outlined by Skills for Care

Learning and Development recommendations)

To want to develop knowledge and skills in the role e.g. by studying for an approved qualification (as

described above)


Job Type:
Part-time

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Job Type:
Part-time


Salary:
£9.55 per hour
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