Activities Assistant - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited; Swindon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care home provider in Swindon is looking for an Activities Assistant to deliver engaging and fun activities for residents. This role is vital for helping residents live independently while fostering their participation in community life. Creativity, empathy, and motivation are essential traits for this role. In return, you will receive a competitive salary and a range of benefits, making it a rewarding opportunity to positively impact the lives of others.

Benefits

Free training and development

Access to wellbeing tools

Retail discounts

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Employee of the Month rewards

Qualifications

• No specific experience required; we value creativity and a fun personality.
• Interest in supporting residents and enhancing their lives is essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver imaginative activities that enhance residents' lives.
• Encourage involvement with family and the community.
• Assist in a varied entertainment programme.

Skills

Creativity

Encouragement

Empathy

Motivation

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

In return for your dedication, you’ll receive a competitive rate of pay plus our sector-leading benefits and rewards package including:

• 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.