The role of an Activities Assistant at a Barchester care home involves delivering imaginative, fun, and varied activities to ensure residents can enjoy an environment that is motivational and fulfilling. The assistant helps to create an entertainment and activities program that covers a wide range of pastimes, social activities, outings, and events, with the goal of helping residents live as independently as possible and enhance their involvement with their family, friends, and the local community.
Main duties of the job
As an Activities Assistant, you'll be responsible for delivering engaging and enjoyable activities for residents in a Barchester care home. This includes planning and organizing a diverse range of events, outings, and social gatherings that cater to the interests and preferences of the individuals living in the home. You'll work closely with residents to understand their needs and preferences, and then use your creativity and people skills to design and facilitate activities that enrich their daily lives. The role requires enthusiasm, empathy, and a genuine interest in supporting the residents to live fulfilling lives.
Job responsibilities
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* No specific experience is required for this role, as Barchester is looking for individuals with a sense of fun, creativity, and the ability to encourage and motivate others. A real interest in the people you support and an enthusiastic, empathetic approach are more important than formal qualifications.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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