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Gold Care Homes Activities Co-ordinator in Wantage, United Kingdom
About our Home
St. Katharine's offers first-class care for residents with 70 beds. Conveniently located near Wantage Shopping Centre, which is regularly used for shopping trips by our residents, the home benefits from access to many local attractions. Each one of our residents benefits from unique, personalised care, designed to make their stay with us as enjoyable and fulfilling as possible.
We can offer up to 40 hours per week or a bank contract.
If you have experience and want to share our values and delivering our aim by:
Being responsive and showing compassion to the individual needs of all.
Providing residents and staff with a warm, friendly, healthy, and safe environment to live and work.
Establishing a person-centred approach to care.
Building the best team by encouraging training and self-development of all.
What does the role involve?
To build friendship with our residents that help them adjust to life in a care home.
Deliver a high level of personal and psychological care to all residents in a professional manner.
Maintain good communication levels with Manager, Senior Care Assistants, Chef and relatives to ensure smooth operation of role and high levels of co-operation.
Complete records where required to a satisfactory standard. Agree the type and quantity of record keeping with the manager on a monthly basis.
Maintain client, staff, and business confidentiality at all times
Plan daytime and evening time activities.
Maintain an awareness of the Health and Safety requirements.
Coordinate the activities program with other services in the facility and creating a monthly planner.
Encourage resident participation in activities and document outcomes being aware of the residents hobbies and interests and assisting them to pursue these by creating resident profiles.
Work individually and within the team to provide the necessary back up for all staff, to a standard commensurate with aims and objectives of the Home and in consideration of its residents.
What we can offer you:
Monthly employee recognition awards.
Regular team outings.
Company pension.
Access to perk box with discounted offers for staff.
Refer a friend incentive scheme – Up to £250 T&Cs apply.
Industry-recognized training and development are offered and encouraged.
Mentorship/buddying from our friendly team.