Posted 01 October, 2025 Cooper House logo

Lifestyle Co-Ordinator/ Activity coordinator

Cooper House West Yorkshire

Job details

  • Salary £12.46 to £13.00 per hour depend on experience
  • Role Other
  • Hours Full Time
  • Location Bradford, West Yorkshire
  • Job Reference ACTIVITIES

Job summary

About the Role
We are looking for a passionate, creative, and motivated Activities Coordinator to join our team. This is a key role in creating a vibrant and homely environment for our residents, ensuring they can enjoy meaningful, engaging, and stimulating activities that are tailored to their individual needs, preferences, and life experiences.

Key Responsibilities

  • Plan, organise, and deliver a varied programme of activities and events that support relationship-centred care.
  • Motivate, inspire, and engage residents, care staff, and volunteers to participate in activities.
  • Champion resident choice, enabling them to continue lifestyle interests and hobbies.
  • Develop and produce the home’s newsletter, celebrating activities, events, and achievements.
  • Maintain accurate records of activities and resident participation.
  • Build positive links with the local community, encouraging involvement and volunteering opportunities.
  • Support charity events and promote activities both within the home and externally.
  • Ensure all activities and outings are risk assessed, safe, and inclusive.
  • Lead by example, role-modelling excellent engagement with residents, ensuring dignity and respect at all times.
  • Manage resources, ensuring equipment and materials are always available.
  • Respond with empathy and care to residents who are distressed or in need of support.
  • Work with the care team to review, refresh, and improve activity programmes based on feedback and effectiveness.
  • Ensure all health & safety, infection control, regulatory, and company policy requirements are met.
  • Lead communication with residents and families about activities, ensuring everyone feels included and informed.

About You
We are looking for someone who is:

  • Creative, enthusiastic, and full of ideas to bring joy and purpose into residents’ daily lives.
  • A great communicator who can engage confidently with residents, relatives, and staff.
  • Organised, reliable, and able to manage planning, resources, and record-keeping.
  • Passionate about making a difference to the lives of older people.
  • Experienced in care, activities, or community engagement

What We Offer

  • A warm, supportive working environment where you will be valued as part of the team.
  • Opportunities for training, development, and career progression.
  • The chance to make a real impact on residents’ quality of life.
  • Part of groving provider 

How to Apply
If you are passionate about people, creativity, and care, we would love to hear from you!!

Skills / Qualifications:

  • About You We are looking for someone who is: Creative
  • enthusiastic
  • and full of ideas to bring joy and purpose into residents’ daily lives. A great communicator who can engage confidently with residents
  • relatives
  • and staff. Organised
  • reliable
  • and able to manage planning
  • resources
  • and record-keeping. Passionate about making a difference to the lives of older people. Experienced in care
  • activities
  • or community engagement

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