Activities coordinator

Activities Coordinator. Burscough Manor Care Home

• £12.88 per hour.
• Full time or Part time available, 22.5 hours (3 shifts) OR 37.5 hours (5 shifts) per week available 
• Shift patterns:9am-5pm but some flexibility required for planned activities for residents.

Make Every Day Special for Our Residents!

Step into a role where you can make a real difference. At Burscough Manor Care Home, we’re creating a vibrant, caring, and dynamic environment where residents can truly feel at home. Overlooking peaceful open fields and designed to the highest standards, our luxury 80-bed home offers specialist care across dementia, palliative, and complex needs.

We’re excited to build an exceptional team dedicated to enriching the lives of our residents. This is your chance to be part of something special—creating positive culture, building connections, and delivering memorable experiences.

What You’ll Do as an Activities Coordinator

• Plan and Lead Activities: Organize a range of exciting activities like music, exercise sessions, arts & crafts, gardening, and more.
• Coordinate Events: Bring in entertainers, arrange parties, celebrate birthdays, and ensure every day is meaningful.
• Connect with Residents: Get to know each resident’s interests and preferences, creating tailored activities that bring joy.
• Stimulate and Inspire: Provide sensory activities for residents with dementia and organize outings to add variety and enrichment.

About You

We’re looking for someone creative, organized, and compassionate. You’ll be passionate about making a positive impact, and experience working with the elderly or in care homes is a plus. Flexibility is key, as you may occasionally join residents on outings or cover special events outside regular hours.

Sandstone employees enjoy a range of benefits:

• Free uniform. Free Meals*. Free DBS.
• Discounts on the high street*- with retailers like Asda, Costa and Argos 
• Refer-a-Friend- and get a £250 bonus
• Flexible pay*- choose when you are paid, and get money management tips too
• Free wellbeing programme- helping you look after your physical and mental health
• Employee recognition scheme- we recognise and reward great work
• Pension scheme- helping you plan for your retirement
• In-house training- on-going face-to-face training, tailored to you
• Career opportunities- The chance to ‘make your mark’ and play a key role

*Overtime is paid for working over fulltime hours. Free meals are given if working over an 8 hour shift and are subject to terms and conditions. Discounts are accessed using our ‘Reward Me’ app. Flexible pay is available via ‘WAGESTREAM’.

Sandstone Care Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We embrace diversity within each service, as we think it is important that the Social Care Workforce represents the people it serves. We welcome applications from people from backgrounds including disabled candidates, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, LGBTQ+ as well as non-binary candidates, and those with experience of mental health.