At a Glance
- Tasks: Support activity coordinators to enhance residents' lives through engaging activities.
- Company: Join Barchester Healthcare, a leader in high-quality residential care.
- Benefits: Flexible working hours, competitive salary, and opportunities for personal growth.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment with opportunities for travel and collaboration.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in residents' lives while developing your career.
- Qualifications: GCSEs in maths and English, plus experience in wellbeing activities.
The predicted salary is between 31500 - 38500 £ per year.
Barchester's Central Division has an opportunity for a new Divisional Activities Lead. In this key role, you will support the activity coordinator staff in the homes across the division and drive a whole home approach to provide life enrichment for each and every resident. You must ensure that life enrichment adheres to the Care and Life Enrichment Framework to drive outstanding regulatory results.
Required experience and qualifications:
- GCSE level maths and English
- Experience in delivering and providing in-person wellbeing and activities sessions
- Ability to communicate at all levels, including with a senior audience
- Proven track record in delivering against targets under pressure
- Evidence of ability to work effectively within a multi-functional team
- Full UK driving licence, with the ability to travel across the country, including overnight stays - essential
Role and Responsibilities:
- Provide ongoing support to activities staff across the division
- Ensure an effective action plan is in place for underperforming homes
- Weekly visits to homes that are identified as needing support
- Carry out quarterly face-to-face meetings with Activity Coordinators to share ideas, good practice, lessons learnt
- Provide ideas for activities that link to the local community
- Develop key relationships with organisations that can support our vision to deliver life enrichment in local homes
- Support with the recruitment and training of activities staff
- Analyse divisional and corporate data to provide an overview of delivery of activities
- Aid activities staff with understanding digital tools and equipment available to them
- Ensure alignment with the resident experience team and life enrichment training specialists
- Work collaboratively with divisional experts to produce guidance, support, and policies
- Work across departments within the company including the marketing team, quality and regulation, nursing, dementia, and procurement
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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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