Activities Coordinator
Fairwinds, Rotherham
Position: Activities Coordinator
Care Home: Fairwinds
Location: Rotherham (S61 1AJ)
Contract type: Permanent - 40 hours per week
Rate: £10.42 per hour
CQC Rating: Outstanding
Are you an enthusiastic people person who loves to bring the fun? As an Activities Coordinator, you’ll organise and lead meaningful and entertaining activities for the people we support. You’ll play a key role in empowering them to live fulfilled and happy lives.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference every day. Join us as our new Activities Coordinator/Life Skills Coordinator at Fairwinds care home in Rotherham.
About Exemplar Health Care
Fairwinds is part of Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with complex and high acuity needs.
We support adults living with complex mental health needs. The home has two small units - one that's exclusively for people who identify as female.
As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.
About the role
Our Activities Coordinators organise creative and fun activities for the people we support.
No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:
- Organising individual activity plans based on people’s unique goals and interests
- Fostering community spirit through group activities
- Supporting people to maintain their current, and take up new, hobbies, interests and educational opportunities
- Assisting people to become more involved in their local community
- Celebrating national awareness days, holidays and individual/collective achievements
- Promoting choice, dignity and independence.
As part of our mission to make every day better, our high staffing levels give you the time to deliver truly person-centred activities, with a supportive team around you.
Download our job description to read more:
https://brochures.exemplarhc.com/view/1030735227/
About you
Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.
You also:
- Hold a full UK Driving Licence
- Caring, kind and able to see the funny side of life
- A creative thinker, always on the lookout for new activities and ideas
- Enthusiastic, encouraging and inclusive
- A born organiser with a positive, can-do approach
- Great at listening and communicating
- Understanding of individual need
You’ll put people at the heart of everything you do.
If you haven’t worked in the care sector before, we’ll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy and ongoing training programmes. We value relevant experience and qualifications, but they aren’t essential for this role.
What we offer
We offer great rewards and perks including:
- Regular supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects
- Access to wages before payday with fastP.A.Y.E
- Retail and lifestyle discounts
- Free DBS check
- 24/7 counselling and support
- Blue Light Card eligibility.
How to apply
Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.
For an informal chat about joining us, call us on 01977 630830 or email Pod7@exemplarhc.com
Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.
Colleague stories
“There are many career opportunities at Exemplar Health Care and the support that I’ve received has been amazing. Everyone at Exemplar Health Care is committed to not only our residents, but each other. I am proud to be part of the Exemplar family.”
Nurse – Exemplar Health Care
Rewarding your dedication
Whether it’s RCNi membership or NMC PIN payment for Nurses, or lifestyle and retail discounts for everyone, we’re always thinking about new ways of saying ‘thank you’ for being part of our team.
Lifestyle and retail discounts - all colleagues can access great savings and monthly discounts on high street shops, restaurants, pubs and holidays, as well as 2-for-1 cinema tickets.
Employee Assistance Programme - all colleagues can access 24/7 counselling and support through our wellbeing partner, Care First.
Pension plan - after 3 months, you’ll be auto-enrolled into our pension scheme with NOW pensions, where you’ll have up to 5% of your earnings (depending on your salary) put into the pension and we’ll contribute an additional 3%.
Paid DBS check - we’ll pay for all new starters to have a DBS check, so you don’t need to cover the cost.
Referral bonus - if you recommend a friend for a care role with us, you’ll both receive £150, and you can refer as many people as you like.
Career development opportunities - there are lots of opportunities to develop your skills and progress in your career at Exemplar Health Care, if you wish. Find out more.