Activities Co-ordinator - Grange-over-Sands, United Kingdom - The Old Vicarage

Tom O´Connor

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RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • To organise all social activities / diversional therapy within the Home, considering service users' particular likes and dislikes as appropriate.
  • To liaise with Care Staff regarding the care of service users and particular activities that may be beneficial and stimulating.
  • To liaise with Care Staff regarding special individual requirements, such as the celebration of birthdays and anniversaries.
  • To liaise with Care Staff regarding special cultural and religious festivals and celebrations, and to be aware of the religious calendars that may affect activity pursuits, relevant to the ethnic mix of the service users.
  • To organise, and be involved in, activities that involve community visits outside the Home. To coordinate the availability of transport for service users for such visits.
  • To plan activities to a set timetable and to ensure that these are communicated to service users and staff alike.
  • To be responsible for distribution of library books throughout the Home, and to liaise with appropriate library organisations.
  • To ensure the provision of specialist media for service users with special needs (news tapes, book tapes, largeletter books and braille, as required)
  • To communicate and liaise with relatives and friends of service users as needed.
  • To liaise with Care Staff to ensure that activities are documented on appropriate Care Plans and in Care Plan records.
  • To undertake and assist in other duties, as may be necessary from time to time.
Work remotely

  • No

Salary:
£10.00-£10.50 per hour


Benefits:


  • Casual dress
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Discounted or free food
  • Onsite parking

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday
  • Overtime
  • Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

  • Bonus scheme
  • Signing bonus

Application question(s):

  • Must be able to drive
  • Do you live within 25 miles of Grange over Sands?

Work Location:
One location

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