Activities Coordinator

• Title: Activities Coordinator
• Care home: Parkside
• Location: Tipton, DY4 9HJ
• Contract type: Full Time 40 Hours Per Week
• Rate: £12.21 Per Hour - Must have Full Driver's Licence
• Care home CQC rating: Rated 'Good' by CQC

Are you an enthusiastic people person who loves to bring the fun? As an Activities Coordinator, you'll organise and lead meaningful and entertaining activities for the people we support. You'll play a key role in empowering them to live fulfilled and happy lives.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference every day. Join us as our new Activities Coordinator/Life Skills Coordinator at Parkside care home in Tipton.

Parkside is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country's leading nursing care providers. We support adults living with complex mental illness, physical disabilities and neuro disabilities including brain injuries. We're proud to have a long standing team at all levels. In our last colleague survey, 96% of colleagues said they feel they make a difference in their work here, and 96% said they can access training to support them in their role. As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

Our Activities Coordinators organise creative and fun activities for the people we support. No two days will ever be the same, but your day to day responsibilities will include:

• Organising individual activity plans based on people's unique goals and interests
• Fostering community spirit through group activities
• Supporting people to maintain their current, and take up new, hobbies, interests and educational opportunities
• Assisting people to become more involved in their local community
• Celebrating national awareness days, holidays and individual/collective achievements
• Promoting choice, dignity and independence

As part of our mission to make every day better, our high staffing levels give you the time to deliver truly person centred activities, with a supportive team around you.

Above all, you're someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork. You're also:

• Caring, kind and able to see the funny side of life
• A creative thinker, always on the lookout for new activities and ideas
• Enthusiastic, encouraging and inclusive
• A born organiser with a positive, can do approach
• Great at listening and communicating
• Understanding of individual needs

You'll put people at the heart of everything you do. If you haven't worked in the care sector before, we'll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy and ongoing training programmes. We value relevant experience and qualifications, but they aren't essential for this role.

• Regular supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
• Access to wages before payday
• Retail and lifestyle discounts
• Free DBS check
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility

Sound good? We'd love to hear from you. For an informal chat about joining us, call or email . Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We're unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.