Lifestyle and Wellbeing Coordinator in Chelmsford

Location: The Lawns Care Home, Lawn Lane, Springfield, Chelmsford, CM1 7JB

Contract: Permanent - Part Time

Hours: 24 hours per week on a rota basis with alternate weekends

CQC rating: Good

Nestled in a quiet residential spot not far from the centre of Chelmsford, the home welcomes anyone in need of nursing, residential, convalescence, respite and palliative care. We also offer support for those living with a physical disability.

The home offers bright and homely interiors with ensuite bedrooms. Large landscaped gardens, a bright sun loggia and a furnished patio area that provide the ideal setting to relax. Equipped with a 24-hour call system, the highly trained staff are always on hand to provide professional care and support.

Residents can enjoy views of the garden during mealtimes in the dining room. The chef manager ensures that all residents' nutritional needs are met with appetising meals created by the home's dedicated chef.

Whether residents wish to continue pursuing a favourite hobby or would like to take part in a new pastime, the activities staff work hard to ensure their needs are met. Activities such as exercise classes and games are regularly organised, and a mobile library and entertainers are often on the events calendar.

A Lifestyle and Wellbeing Coordinator in our care home is like the chief fun officer. They create a vibrant, joy-filled atmosphere for our residents. They dream up exciting events and hobbies that residents will love. Think arts and crafts, baking, book clubs, and even pub quizzes.

They work closely with our residents and care teams to create tailored activity plans. Whether it's gentle chair-based exercise or a garden party, they've got it covered! Coordinators bring people together for laughter, camaraderie, and shared experiences. Activities aren't just fun; they're also therapeutic. From meditation to wellbeing classes, they boost residents' spirits and well-being.

You’ll help us make health happen by:

• Running morning and afternoon activity sessions.
• Producing and updating an activity planner for the home, working to a set activities budget.
• Organising birthday surprises for our residents.
• Liaising with external companies and performers from the local community to organise days out/events at the home.
• Organising one to ones with our residents, this might involve reminiscing tools, puzzles, reading or just a cup of tea and a chat.
• Supporting the home with their social media channels as required.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

You're a creative thinker with plenty of ideas, who can also manage budgets and maintain paperwork, effectively managing priorities as they arise. Wanting to make a real difference, you're interested in caring for others, sharing your sense of humour and spreading your infectious enthusiasm for making people's lives better.

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• My Healthcare - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support.
• Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350.
• Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes.
• 28 days holiday.
• We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.
• Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
• Free meal on every shift.
• Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets.
• We offer a range of Bupa pension plans - find out more on our career site.
• Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents - find out more on our career site.
• Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health.
• Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK.

Why Bupa?

We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to 'Be you at Bupa', we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.