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* Astbury Mere Care Home
Astbury Mere is a beautiful care home that provides expert 24-hour residential, dementia, nursing and respite care for up to 62 elderly residents. The home boasts an array of modern facilities, including beautifully decorated bedrooms equipped with ensuite wet-rooms, a selection of stylish communal lounges, a plethora of restaurants, a hairdressing salon, leisure and wellness room, a private dining room and secure landscaped gardens.
* Porthaven Care Homes do not currently offer sponsorship or relocation packages **
About The Role
Make a difference to people's lives every day with a rewarding career at Porthaven Care Homes. Whether you are new to the care sector or have experience, working within a Porthaven care home can be incredibly fulfilling.
As an Activities and Wellbeing Assistant you will support the planning, creation and delivery of the home's leisure and wellness programme which aims to encourage residents to participate in a wide range of engaging activities. You will ensure a programme of individual activities is available to enhance the lives and improve the holistic wellbeing of our residents. You will spend time getting to know our residents and tailor activities and leisure pursuits to deliver person-centred care.
About You
You don't need a background in care as we will provide a full training programme including NAPA Level 2, progression towards NAPA Level 3, and Awards for Supporting Activity Provision in Social Care.
You will need excellent computer literacy and reading and writing skills, and you will be able to communicate clearly with a wide variety of people, including our residents. You will be creative and well organised and you will have a genuine interest in active ageing for older people.
Weekend availability is essential as our Activity and Wellbeing Assistants work alternate weekends.
The successful candidate will be subject to the provision of satisfactory references and a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and they must be authorized to work in the United Kingdom.
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Seniority level
* Seniority level
Not Applicable
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Administrative
* Industries
Hospitals and Health Care
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