Activities Coordinator

The Activities Coordinator role at Agincare Homes Holdings in Swindon involves planning and organizing engaging activities for residents, providing companionship and support, and ensuring residents can live as independently as possible. The role requires at least 12 months of right to work and previous experience in activity coordination or a similar role.

Main duties of the job

As an Activities Coordinator, you will be responsible for designing an activities plan for the residents, both internally and externally. This includes planning events such as summer BBQs or Christmas parties, communicating with residents to understand their preferences, and liaising with external entertainers or businesses to organize visits. You will also support residents' mobility and independence through activities like Zumba, ballroom dancing, and balloon tennis.

About us

Agincare Homes Holdings is a rapidly growing, family-owned care provider with over 5,500 team members. They deliver a range of care services, including care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locations nationwide. Agincare is proudly celebrating 40 years of caring for communities and is committed to supporting care leavers and the Armed Forces community.

Job responsibilities

Package Description:

Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can really make a difference? Do you enjoy entertaining others or designing activities?

You may be new to care or looking for a new challenge within one of our homes.

Come and join the Agincare family as an Activities Coordinator

Where you'll be working

• Click here to view the care home: Quality
• Care Quality Commission rating:

As an Agincare employee you'll enjoy

• £12.72 per hour
• Refer a friend scheme up to £1000
• Fully funded training up to QCF level 5
• Company pension scheme
• On demand pay

What is required from you?

• A minimum of 12 months on your right to work
• Previous experience required in organising activities or in an activities type role
• 30 hours per week to include alternative weekends

A day in the life of an Activities Coordinator

• Companionship- providing support, companionship, communication and engagement with residents
• Creating activities- you will be in charge of designing an engaging activities plan both internally and with external resources.
• Event planning: our Activities Coordinators are involved with planning events such as summer BBQs or Christmas parties for our residents.
• Resident interaction: you will always be in conversation with residents to see which activities they want to do and bringing them to fruition.
• External communications: as an Activities Coordinator you will be speaking with external entertainers or businesses to organise visits from entertainers or arranging for visits to businesses for the residents.
• Mobility: supporting the client to live as independently as possible with their mobility through activities such as Zumba or ballroom or even things like balloon tennis.
• Social activities: trips out, social engagements and activities within the home for all abilities.

About Agincare

Agincare is proudly celebrating 40 years of caring for communities. As a rapidly growing, family-owned care provider with more than 5,500 team members, and expanding every day, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of our new not-for-profit Children's Services. Today, Agincare is one of the UK's largest care providers, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locations nationwide.

As a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant, we are committed to supporting care levers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation. We are proud to support the Armed Forces community through our alliance, offering guaranteed interviews to service leavers and members of the military community.

All of our services are regulated by the CQC and Agincare is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences. At present, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.

As care is always in high demand, we have a wide range of exciting opportunities available. If this particular role isn't the right fit for you, we encourage you to explore our other vacancies,

Person Specification Qualifications

• A minimum of 12 months on your right to work and previous experience in organizing activities or an activities type role are required.

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.