Activities Coordinator

Job Description

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can really make a difference? Do you enjoy entertaining others or designing activities?

You may be new to care or looking for a new challenge within one of our homes.

Come and join the Agincare family as an Activities Coordinator

Where you'll be working

• Click here to view the care home - https://www.agincare.com/care-homes/derby/nightingale-care-and-nursing-home/
  
  

As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy

• £11.60 per hour
• £500 welcome bonus*
• Refer a friend scheme up to £1000
• Outstanding career development
• Fully funded training up to QCF level 5.
• Blue Light care discount package
• Company pension scheme
  
  

What is required from you?

• A minimum of 24 months on your right to work
• Minimum of 6 months experience with hands on care and 6 months of Activities Coordinator work.
  
  

A day in the life of an Activities Coordinator

• Companionship- providing support, companionship, communication and engagement with residents
• Creating activities - you will be in charge of designing an engaging activities plan both internally and with external resources.
• Event planning – our Activities Coordinators are involved with planning events such as summer BBQs or Christmas parties for our residents.
• Resident interaction – you will always be in conversation with residents to see which activities they want to do and bringing them to fruition.
• External communications – as an Activities Coordinator you will be speaking with external entertainers or businesses to organise visits from entertainers or arranging for visits to businesses for the residents.
• Mobility - supporting the client to live as independently as possible with their mobility through activities such as Zumba or ballroom or even things like balloon tennis.
• Social activities- trips out, social engagements and activities within the home for all abilities.
• Care responsibilities - This role will involve working as a Care Assistant, this involves personal care.
  
  

About Agincare

We’re a family run business caring for people since 1986. With 4,000 team members, we’re one of the UK’s largest care providers and are continuing to grow. We have over 100 locations across our care homes, home care branches, extra care schemes, supported living properties and live-in offices.

Agincare are signatories of the Care Leaver Covenant and are committed to supporting care leavers to live independently. We are proud to be able to offer a guaranteed interview to care leavers, or an informal conversation about our career opportunities.

All of our care services are regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Equal opportunities are important to us at Agincare and we welcome applications from all.

• Welcome and refer a friend bonuses are subject to terms and conditions