Job
Title: Activities
Assistant
Reporting
to: Activities
Coordinator/General Manager
Role: Bank, flexible shifts
according to the home needs
Who
We Are
Loveday
& Co. offers over 100 years of combined experience in elderly care,
healthcare and hospitality. Loveday is recognised as the premier provider of
luxury care services in London. Achieving an OUTSTANDING rating from our
most recent CQC inspection, we are passionately devoted to enhancing the lives
of our Members and their families. We blend our expertise in providing
tailored, compassionate care, with world-class hospitality, to create an
unrivalled culture of uncompromising excellence in everything we do.
The
Mission
We are
passionately devoted to enhancing the lives of our members and their families.
We blend our expertise in providing tailored, compassionate care, with
world-class hospitality, to create an unrivalled culture of uncompromising
excellence in everything we do.
Scope
We
currently have an exciting opportunity for an Activities Assistant to join the
Loveday team. The role will lead and encourage Members to join in meaningful
activities whilst maintaining their independence, choice and dignity, to enable
them to lead as full and active life as possible.
Key
accountabilities:
1. To assist the Activities Coordinator to organise and plan all activities
within the home.
2.
To Encourage Members to join in meaningful activities
whilst maintaining their independence, choice and dignity, to enable them to live
as full and active life as possible.
3.
To create a stimulating and varied programme of
leisure activities and social events, inside and outside of the home for
residents to enjoy.
4.
To work with each new Member to understand their likes
and dislikes, abilities
and
needs to put together an individual social care plan and to evaluate this regularly.
5.
To assist the Activities Coordinator to engage the
local community into the daily lives of residents by initiating contact with
local community groups enabling residents to partake and continue with hobbies
and interests as desired.
Main
Duties and Responsibilities
·
To assist the Activities Coordinator in communicating with each
Member and their families and friends where required in order to identify their
social and recreational requirements according to their likes and dislikes,
abilities and personal preferences.
·
To
liaise and consult with staff and relatives regarding the care of Members and
particular activities that may be beneficial, enjoyable and stimulating.
·
To assist the Activities Coordinator to produce a monthly, weekly and
daily programme of wonderful activities and social events and ensure it is
advertised within the home and communicated to all Members.
·
To
liaise with relatives and staff regarding special individual requirements such
as birthdays and anniversaries, cultural and religious festivals and
celebrations, and to be aware of the religious calendar that may affect
activity pursuits, relevant to the ethnic mix of Members.
·
To
familiarise and connect with all key community groups and businesses whose
particular expertise would make an invaluable contribution to the care home.
·
To
work as an active team member with your colleagues within the home to ensure
·
the
highest standards of care are achieved.
·
To
undertake any reasonable request which facilitates the resident’s right to
choice, dignity and respect.
Renumeration,
Perks and Benefits
The successful candidate will be paid the London Living Wage and will
enjoy perks and benefits such as:
* Paid
Breaks
* Staff
Meals
* Perkbox
Membership
* Health
Assured Employee Assistance Program
* Discretionary
Bonus
* Comprehensive
Training and Development
* Scope
for progression and promotion within the company as we grow from one Care
Home to the development and subsequent opening of new homes in London.
Eligibility
In line with the requirements of the Asylum & Immigration Act 1996,
all applicants must either be eligible to live and work in the UK or must
obtain permits to work in the UK prior to application. Documented evidence of
eligibility will be required from candidates as part of the recruitment
process.
Loveday & Co is an equal
opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably
qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, age, disability,
sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or
pregnancy and maternity.