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Wellbeing and Engagement Coordinator (Activity Coordinator)
(10.00am 6.00pm) Monday Sunday including weekends on a rota basis, bank holidays and occasional evenings.
Hourly rate: £11.85
Do you have the passion and drive to motivate people to maintain their existing hobbies and interests whilst also developing new ones? Can you create an engaging and stimulating environment that can help enhance a persons quality of life? If so, we want to hear from you.
Towerview care are recruiting for a Wellbeing and Engagement Coordinator to join our team at Bridge Burton Trent court Burton On Trent.
The role
As a Wellbeing and Engagement Coordinator you will provide outstanding person-centered care and be instrumental in delivering Towerviews Wellbeing and Engagement program. Our program focuses on five areas of stimulation that can help to enhance a persons physical and mental wellbeing and contribute to a good quality of life. Working with residents their families and the wider care team you will help create an engaging and stimulating environment that enables individuals to live their lives the way they want to.
You will be responsible for designing and organising, in conjunction with the people we support, a range of person-centred stimulating meaningful and engaging activities within the home and local community. In addition, you will be responsible for:
- Encouraging colleagues, residents, relatives and friends to participate in the home's Wellbeing & Engagement Programme and help to embed a whole home approach to activities.
- Support with creating an engaging and stimulating environment throughout the home that is appropriate to the needs of the people we support.
- Arrange and support trips and outings (which may include evenings and weekends) to enable the people we support to engage in offsite activities to maintain their hobbies and interests as well as create new ones.
- Maximise the use of resources that are available such as Oomph, interactive screens, tablets etc. to support with delivering meaningful and engaging activities.
- Recognise that some of the people we support may not want to (or are unable to) participate in group/ communal activities and therefore plan/ deliver individualised 1-2-1 activities as appropriate.
- Assist with fund raising, and budgeting, for entertainment, materials and outings.
About you:
We are looking for someone who is warm, friendly and empathetic to the needs of the people we support.
You will have good organisational skills, able to communicate effectively and the ability to build rapport to positively influence others.
You will be comfortable with using technology.
Experience in a similar environment would be ideal but not essential as we will make sure you have the training and support you need to develop your knowledge and skills.
If this sounds like you then please get in touch.
