Senior Activity & Lifestyle Coordinator. 

Senior Activity & Lifestyle Coordinator. Ribble Court Care Home

• Rate: £13.88 per hour
• Contract: 28 hours per week (4 days per week)
• Shifts: 10:30am-6pm, occasionally 12:30pm-8pm to accommodate activities

Lead Meaningful Experiences Every Day

At Ribble Court Care Home, we believe every day should be engaging, enjoyable, and fulfilling for our residents. Our home provides high-quality, person-centred residential care in a supportive and friendly environment, where residents are truly at the heart of everything we do.

We are looking for a passionate and experienced Senior Activity & Lifestyle Coordinator to lead our activities programme, inspire our residents, and support the development of meaningful wellbeing initiatives throughout the home.

Your Role

As a Senior Activity & Lifestyle Coordinator, you will take a leading role in enhancing residents' quality of life by creating and delivering a varied, person-centred programme of activities and wellbeing experiences. You will also provide guidance and support to colleagues involved in activities and wellbeing across the home.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the planning, development and delivery of a high-quality activities and wellbeing programme that promotes physical, emotional, social and cognitive wellbeing.
• Supporting, mentoring and guiding Activity & Lifestyle Coordinators and wider team members to ensure activities are engaging, inclusive and person-centred.
• Organising events, celebrations and community partnerships, including themed days, local entertainment, intergenerational projects and seasonal events.
• Building meaningful relationships with residents and families to understand individual preferences, life histories and aspirations.
• Promoting wellbeing initiatives, including dementia-friendly activities, sensory experiences and therapeutic interventions.
• Coordinating outings and special experiences that encourage social inclusion and community engagement.
• Monitoring participation and evaluating the success of activities to continually improve the resident experience.
• Working closely with care and management teams to ensure residents' wellbeing needs are reflected in activity planning.
• Managing the activities budget, ensuring resources are used effectively, maintaining accurate expenditure records, sourcing cost-effective materials and entertainment, and maximising opportunities to deliver a varied and engaging programme of activities within budget.

About You

We are looking for someone who is:

• Experienced in coordinating activities, wellbeing programmes or lifestyle services within a care setting.
• A confident leader who can motivate, support and develop others.
• Creative, enthusiastic and highly organised.
• Caring and compassionate, with a genuine passion for improving the wellbeing and quality of life of older people.
• A strong communicator who can build positive relationships with residents, families, colleagues and external organisations.
• Flexible and willing to support events, celebrations and occasional outings.

Previous experience in a senior activities, wellbeing, lifestyle or recreational role within a care environment is desirable.

Sandstone employees enjoy a range of benefits:

• Free uniform. Free Meals*. Free DBS.
• Discounts on the high street* - with retailers like Asda, Costa and Argos 
• Refer-a-Friend - and get a £250 bonus
• Flexible pay* - choose when you are paid, and get money management tips too
• Free wellbeing programme - helping you look after your physical and mental health
• Employee recognition scheme - we recognise and reward great work
• Pension scheme - helping you plan for your retirement
• In-house training - on-going face-to-face training, tailored to you
• Career opportunities - The chance to ‘make your mark’ and play a key role

Discounts are accessed using our ‘Reward Me’ app. Flexible pay is available via ‘STREAM’.

Sandstone Care Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We embrace diversity within each service, as we think it is important that the Social Care Workforce represents the people it serves. We welcome applications from people from backgrounds including disabled candidates, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, LGBTQ+ as well as non-binary candidates, and those with experience of mental health.