Overview

Jewish Care’s Retirement Living Services are at the heart of changing people’s lives for the better. We aim to ensure that Jewish older people lead a meaningful life, have a sense of belonging and participate in their community. 

The role of Activities Coordinator in our Retirement Living Services promotes and supports a range of stimulating activities aimed at integrating tenants into the social life of the services in which they live.  They provide a person-centred approach to enable people to engage in a range of stimulating recreational, educational, and therapeutic activities. 

This post is working Monday to Friday and every 4th Sunday,with extra hours available on weekends during festivals. 

What you’ll be doing: 

  • Consulting with tenants, families, colleagues, and management to develop and implement a programme to include a wide range of musical, creative and stimulating activities that will meet the social, physical, and emotional needs of tenants and enable them to lead as full a life as possible, paying attention to the needs of older adults with dementia 
  • Ensuring staff and appropriate resources are available to support the activity programme including transportation and staffing for events and outings 
  • Working with the Registered Manager to ensure events and activities are arranged in line with budgetary requirements 
  • Managing volunteers who assist with activities, ensuring a supportive framework is maintained 
  • Ensuring all activities are risk assessed to warrant health & Safety and wellbeing of the tenants 
  • Creating person-centred activity support plans and risk assessments 
  • Encouraging tenants to participate in social and recreational events outside of the home to maintain their links with the Jewish Community 

What you’ll bring to Jewish Care: 

  • A relevant qualification for the post e.g., general, or specific course in a recreational activity (Essential) 
  • NVQ level 3, promoting independence or willingness to undertake NVQ (Desirable) 
  • Experience of working in the field of recreational/social activity 
  • Experience of working with individual clients and with groups 
  • Experience of working with older people with varying abilities and needs who may also suffer from Dementia 
  • Experience of creating risk management plans and activity support plans 
  • Experience working in partnership with families, carers, volunteers, and community members 
  • Working knowledge of delivering an effective, high-quality activity and social inclusion program 
  • Substantial knowledge of Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, Teams, and PowerPoint 
  • Awareness of physical and mental health issues affecting older people 
  • Ability to demonstrate welcoming and high-quality customer service 
  • Ability to identify and access local groups and facilities 

 

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