Activity Coordinator - Chesterfield, United Kingdom - Holmewood Care Home/Hill Care Ltd

Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE:
Activities Coordinator


REPORTING TO:
Home Manager


JOB PURPOSE:
To plan and implement activities appropriate to Clients' needs and
requests. To assist the Home Manager to organise fundraising events.


SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND QUALIFICATIONS Required:

• Proven ability to develop and organise a range of events / activities for Clients in all Client categories
• Good communication and organisational skills
• Team player
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Friendly, creative and confident
• Genuine interest in working with the relevant Client group
• Satisfactory Police Check and check against the POVA List (where applicable)

Desired:

• Previous experience of working with the relevant Client group
• Qualification in remedial / occupational therapies
• Flexible approach towards working routines

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Activities:

• Help Clients to socialise within the Care Home, and provide a variety of activities that cater for all tastes.
• Plan and initiate monthly rolling / individual programmes, and encourage Clients to maintain preexisting hobbies.
• Encourage Staff Members, Relatives and Friends to participate in the Care Home's activities.
• Accompany Clients, where possible, to offsite activities, which may occasionally take place out of normal working hours.
• Help to create an atmosphere that suits individual Clients within the Care Home.
• Assist with fund raising, and budgeting, for entertainments, materials and outings.
• Maintain full and accurate records of daily activities using appropriate documentation, and assist the Named Carer to review and update Client Care Files.

Communication:

• Discuss the aims and objectives of recreation therapy with other Staff Members.
• Report any changes in Clients' physical or emotional condition to the Home Manager or Person in Charge.
• Provide comfort and company, on a one to one basis, for Clients who are unable to undertake any form of activity.
• Arrange / participate in Staff and Client meetings, as and when required.

Human Resources (HR):

• Assist the Home Manager when interviewing relevant Volunteers and assistant Staff Members, and supervise their work, in line with the Company's policies and procedures.

Marketing:

• Actively market the Care Home and promote a positive personal / professional profile within the local community, ensuring the good reputation of the Care Home at all times.

Training and Development:

• Ensure all Staff Members know how to use appropriate equipment.
• Attend mandatory training days/courses, on or off site, as and when required.
• Maintain professional knowledge and competence.

Health and Safety:

• Report immediately to the Home Manager, or Person in Charge, any illness of an infectious nature or accident incurred by a Client, colleague, self or another.
• Understand and ensure the implementation of the Care Home's Health and Safety policy, and Emergency and Fire procedures.
• Report to the Home Manager, or the Handyperson, any faulty appliances, damaged furniture, equipment or any potential hazard.
• Promote safe working practice in the Care Home

General:

• Ensure that all information of confidential nature gained in the course of duty is not divulged to third parties.
• Notify the Home Manager, or the Person in Charge, as soon as possible of your inability to work, and also on your return to work from all periods of absence.
• Ensure the security of the Care Home is maintained at all times.
• Adhere to all Company policies and procedures within the defined timescales.
• Ensure all equipment is clean and well maintained.
• Carry out any other tasks that may be reasonably assigned to you.

Job Type:
Part-time


Salary:
£9.50 per hour


Schedule:

• Day shift