Lifestyle & Wellbeing Coordinator

Job summary

Highbury House Nursing Home is a privately-run nursing care home looking for someone with a genuine interest in working within a caring environment to become our Lifestyle & Wellbeing Coordinator.

Hours: 24 hours per week, including weekends and occasional evenings. The shift pattern would be:

Week 1 Monday, Tuesday Wednesday, Thursday, 10am-4pm

Week 2 Monday Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, 10am-4pm

Evenings would be required ad hoc.

Rate: £14.75 per hour on weekdays and £14.75 per hour on weekends.

Role Outline:

Our company values are an integral part of life at our home and they are woven into our day to day roles. Adopting these values into your role will help you to:

• support service users to socialise in the home and help them maintain any pre-existing hobbies and help them adjust to life in a care home.
• have a passion for creativity, for trying new things, and for adventure as you encourage as many residents to take part on a variety of daily activities
• pay attention to our social media platforms, regularly updating our Facebook page with activities and events and day to day goings on.
• show dedication to activities by creating a monthly programme for residents, varying from indoor to outdoor and considering aspects their cognitive, physical and spiritual needs.
• show empathy by building relationships with residents, their loved ones and staff as well by providing comfort and company on a one to one basis for Service Users who are unable to undertake any form of activity.

Job Description

We’re looking for a dynamic, outgoing, confident individual to help our residents maintain active and independent lives through the creation and delivery of individualised activity plans based on their abilities, hobbies and life experiences. You will need to:

• Arrange exciting, varied and meaningful daily activities (including group events, outside entertainment, parties etc) for residents.
• Have enthusiasm and passion for your role to encourage residents, relatives and staff to support daily activities.
• Fill out a Lifestyle & Wellbeing profile for each individual resident and consider their physical and mental capacity when arranging activities (this will include reporting any changes in resident’s condition to the care staff).
• Create and update our resident’s activity records and regularly review them with the resident and their relatives.
• Make use of supporting documentation, such as the monthly activities calendar and residents' life story books, to help you create personalised activities.
• Daily reporting of activities.
• Update the activities board for residents as well as provide weekly updates to relatives via email and social media.
• Confidently use social media platforms such as Facebook to share updates with relatives and enhance the home’s reputation.
• Have a knowledge of video conferencing platforms to facilitate video calls between residents and their loved ones and live stream performances.
• Take an active role in community engagement to create opportunities for residents to socialise (virtually or in person) with others of all ages in their local area.
• Support in arranging and attending staff and resident meetings, as and when required.
• Be aware of correct manual handling techniques for each resident to ensure correct support transferring residents.

Essentials

• Need to be imaginative and creative, self-motivated as well as motivational and have a sunny disposition.
• They will need the ability to maintain a professional, positive and approachable manner at all times to both elderly residents and members of staff.
• To promote and adhere to our workplace values of Southcare Homes.
• Must be able to communicate effectively at all levels, be a team player, have a willingness to participate in mandatory training courses when required.
• Must have a satisfactory DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) check and Adult First.
• To work with the scope of the Data Protection Act 1998 and adherence to all Data Protection Legislation, including the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)
• To work at all times within the guidelines of the Health & Safety At Work Act 1974, Employee Handbook, Company Policy and Procedure for Infection Control and Company Health and Safety Policy and Procedure, to be aware of all fire exit means of escape from the Home.

Join the Southcare Family!

Southcare Homes Group supports staff in every aspect of their role and are dedicated to making the workplace a happy environment. We comply with the Equality Act and strive to employ, train, and promote candidates based on their merit and alignment to our company values. We welcome diversity and value inclusivity, not discriminating anyone based on age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, medical history, religion, race, or national origin.

Highbury House is part of the Southcare Homes Group, and we are passionate about enhancing the lives of our service users and staff alike. We are a family-run business with strong company values ( Support, Passion, Attention, Dedication & Empathy) that are at the heart of what we do here. If you share these values, we feel you’ll be a brilliant addition to our team. Apply today and see how we can help you put care back into your career. We look forward to hearing from you.