Activities Co-ordinator

Parklands Care Home

Job Description

Role

Activities Co‑ordinator in a Care Home

Reports to

Registered Manager

Aims

To provide activities both internal and external

Hours

30hrs. 10:00 – 16:00. This may change due to Entertainment for Residents. 5 out of 7 days a week – weekends must be worked one in one off, or when required.

Wage

National Minimum Wage

Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

• Must be able to provide activities within the Care Home and outside.
• Must be Computer Literate.
• Must write up daily reports.
• Must produce a monthly newsletter, enclosing a review form and any other necessary communication. Each one must be written up individually in the post out book (Deb – Head Administrator has this) with the name of the recipient and the initials of the resident, and they must be sent (2nd Class). You must inform Deb – Head Administrator well in advance when you require these stamps.
• Must arrange events to profit the Residents Social Fund.
• Will be required to arrange parties for special occasions, purchase the necessary decorations, and provide prizes for residents from the Resident Social Club, and liaise with the cook on duty to ensure a buffet tea and cake in line with the occasion.
• If the above special occasions fall on a night or a weekend, you will be required to work these and take the time off in lieu. I.e., if it is on a night, you may commence working later that day, or split the shift with morning and night. Please inform the management office well in advance of all changes in shift.
• Arrange a special tea for a resident’s birthday or wedding anniversary, making sure there is a cake made by the kitchen staff and a card from the residents fund.
• Must carry out resident and family meetings four times a year.

Mandatory Requirements

• Maintains standards of resident privacy and confidentiality.
• To attend meetings and participate in in‑house training and to carry learned skills into practice.
• To ensure that services are provided in accordance with the Care Home’s standards for equal opportunities and objectives of quality assurance.
• To perform such other duties, of a like nature, as may from time to time be required by the Director/Manager/Deputy Manager/Senior Carer/Head Administrator.

General

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by the person assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. Home Management reserve the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet business and organisational needs as necessary.