Bank Wellbeing Co-ordinator - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Advinia Healthcare

Advinia Healthcare

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Glasgow, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The Opportunity...
Are you an enthusiastic and engaging person with a good imagination? Do you love working with elderly people? Feanfield Nursing and Residential Care Home is recruiting a Part-time Activities/Wellbeing Coordinator to join their team

The Home...

Welcome to Deanfield Care Home in Glasgow, situated in the suburb of Penilee, just a fifteen-minute drive from the city centre.

It's easy to get to here by public transport, or via the M8 and the Home is close to local amenities.

We're also a short distance from the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital.

We take care of Residents living with a range of needs, including dementia and Parkinson's. The Home also offers convalescence and palliative care, and our care and nursing teams work side-by-side.

Our aim is to ensure Residents can live happy, meaningful lives, safe in the knowledge that we're here to support them in any way we can.

Your Duties...

Work with the Home Manager and Head of Dementia & Wellbeing to engage with and implement Advinia's Wellbeing and Engagement Programme
S.P.E.C.S.
Design and organise, in conjunction with Residents, a range of personcentred stimulating meaningful and engaging activities within the Home.
Develop, manage and coordinate new and ongoing meaningful engagement programmes that encourage Residents to maintain preexisting interests and hobbies.
Encourage Colleagues, Residents, Relatives and Friends to participate in the Home's meaningful engagement programme and help to embed a whole home approach to activities.
Arrange trips and outings to enable Residents to engage in offsite activities to maintain their hobbies and interests.
Support with creating an engaging and stimulating environment throughout the Home that is appropriate to the needs of Residents.
In conjunction with the Home Manager agree and undertake fundraising opportunities to supplement activities budget.
Maintain an activities budget, in conjunction with the Home Manager for the provision of resources, outings and entertainment.
Maintain full and accurate records of activity budget spend.
Encourage, involve and support Residents with deciding on the range of activities that take place within the Home through the development of a Resident's Committee, ensuring all Residents have a voice and the opportunity to contribute and provide feedback.
Ensure risk assessments have been completed for all activities and outings and reviewed as appropriate.
Maximise the use of resources that are available to support with delivering meaningful and engaging activities such as; Band App, Advinia Monthly themes, Moments that Matter initiative, My Life TV, Daily Sparkle, Advinia Virtual Tours.
To participate in and develop activities based on Advinia's monthly activity themes, incorporating each of the areas of the S.P.E.C.S programme.
Recognise that some Residents may not want to (or are unable to) participate in group/ communal activities and therefore plan individualised 121 activities as appropriate.