Activities Assistant - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care organization in Gateshead is seeking an Activities Assistant to deliver engaging activities for residents. The role requires creativity, motivation, and a genuine interest in the individuals supported. Candidates from any background are welcome, and no specific experience is required. This opportunity offers personal development through training and a rewarding work environment dedicated to enhancing residents' quality of life.

Benefits

Free training and development

Access to wellbeing and support tools

Retail discounts and savings

Referral bonus scheme

Employee awards

Qualifications

• No specific experience required, but a sense of fun and creativity is essential.
• Ability to encourage and motivate others is crucial.
• A real interest in residents and their well-being is important.

Responsibilities

• Deliver imaginative and varied activities for residents.
• Enhance residents' involvement with family, friends, and community.
• Support a fulfilling and motivational environment.

Skills

Creativity

Empathy

Motivation skills

Job description

About the Role

As an Activities Assistant at a Barchester care home, you’ll deliver imaginative, fun and varied activities to ensure our residents can enjoy an environment that is motivational and fulfilling. We want to make sure each individual can pursue the interests they most enjoy and that means you’ll have a real impact on our residents’ lives. The Activities Assistant role involves helping us to deliver an entertainment and activities programme that covers a wide range of pastimes, social activities, outings and events. Put simply, you’ll help every resident to live as independently as possible and enhance their involvement with their family, friends and the local community.

About You

You don’t need any specific experience to join us as an Activities Assistant, so you could come from any background. What’s important is that you have a sense of fun, creativity, and the ability to encourage and motivate others. You’ll also need to have that little extra something – a real interest in the people we support. Enthusiastic and empathetic, you’re someone who’ll really enjoy helping our residents to live their lives to the full. Bring us all of that, and you’ll have every opportunity to develop your skills further with a range of courses designed to build your confidence in every aspect of your role.

Rewards Package

• Free training and development for all roles
• Access to wellbeing and support tools
• A range of retail discounts and savings
• Unlimited referrals with our ‘Refer a Friend’ bonus scheme
• ‘Employee of the Month’ rewards and ‘Long Service Awards’

And so much more! If you’d like to use your creativity and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you’d expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.