Activities Coordinator Longridge Hall Care Home

Activities Coordinator. Longridge Hall Care Home

• £11.83 per hour
• 27.5 hours per week
• Shift patterns are typically 10am4pm Monday to Friday with occasional weekend working

Come and join us at Longridge Hall our friendly residential care home based in Longridge. Here at Longridge Hall we support our residents to make this truly their home whether they want a reminiscence lounge a chapel or even an indoor sensory garden! Our dedicated Care Home Manager Tracey has worked here for more than 10 years and is truly emotionally invested in making our home a lovely place to both live and work.

We are currently looking to hire compassionate and dedicated individuals to support the Home Manager in providing exceptional personcentered care to the residents of the Home ensuring a warm happy and homely environment is maintained at all times and supporting each of the residents to remain as active and independent as possible within the constraints of their condition.

As an Activities Coordinator at our home your role may involve:

In this role you will come up with and provide a variety of entertainment to residents that enriches the mind body and soul. Making a meaningful contribution to someone’s life is fulfilling demanding and requires flexibility professionalism and skills.

You will lead the way in developing a varied stimulating daily activity programme taking a handson approach and developing strong relationships with residents to ensure their wants interests and needs are catered for. Examples of activities offered may include films music exercise sessions gardening games quizzes arts & crafts nailcare trips and outings.

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
• ReferaFriend and get a £250 bonus
• Flexible pay* choose when you are paid and 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
• Inhouse training ongoing facetoface training tailored to you
• Career opportunities The chance to ‘make your mark’ and play a key role

*Overtime is paid for working over full time hours. However overtime enhancement will not feature on your contract of employment and can be withdrawn at any time as managers decision is final. 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’

What are we looking for

• Applicants will be diligent creative organised and committed to enhancing the quality of life of residents by providing activities which will interest inspire motivate and support them in their daily lives.
• Compassion patience and positivity are just some of the key values and personal qualities required for this post whilst a flexible approach to work is essential.
• Experience of working with an elderly client group and/or working within a care home environment would also be highly advantageous as would the ability to cover outings or special events outside of normal working hours as required.

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 nonbinary candidates and those with experience of mental health.