Job details
- Salary£14.42 per hourPlus Benefits
- RoleActivity Coordinator
- HoursFull Time
- LocationWaterlooville, Hampshire
- Job ReferenceWV - Lead WB&L Co
Job Summary
Lead Wellbeing & Lifestyle Coordinator
£14.42 per hour plus Company Benefits
40 Hours per week with some weekend working
A Top 20 Care Home Group 2026!
Awarded 'One of the UK’s Best Companies to Work For’
Please note, we are currently unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
Wellington Vale is an 80 bedded stunning luxury nursing, residential and dementia care home situated in Waterlooville, Hampshire
Our Lead Wellbeing and Lifestyle Coordinator is both a management and a hands-on working role. Working alongside our wellbeing and lifestyle coordinators you will be responsible for managing and coordinating a successful activities and volunteer programme within the Cinnamon Home. This includes internal and external communication about activities-focused programmes for our residents, as well as networking within the local community to recruit, train and place volunteers within the home. You will introduce appropriate activities for our residents which support independence and identify activities in the surrounding areas that will assist our residents to integrate into the local community.
You will need to be flexible in your working hours and will work on a rota basis covering some weekends.
Ideally you will hold a full clean driving license as at times you may be required to drive the mini bus for our external excursions.
Our team member benefits include: *Paid Breaks *Uniforms *Staff Meals *Nest Pension *Employee Assistance Programme *Care Workers Charity *‘Spice of Life’ – Discount Retail Scheme *Cycle Scheme *Eye Care *Refer a Friend Scheme *Reward Vouchers *Quarterly & Annual Company Recognition Awards
Main Responsibilities
1. Organise and conduct activities that encourage both social,
mental and if appropriate physical stimulation for the residents
within the home, meeting with the Seven Branches of Cinnamon
Activities Programme.
2. Network and develop links in the local
community to establish a relationship with local businesses,
organisations, and schools. Build and maintain a volunteer base for
the whole home, involving family, team members and community
volunteers to participate as a regular part of the activities
programme.
3. Manage the activities team including undertaking
supervisions / appraisals and dealing with any people issues
appropriately, also ensuring that a robust rota is in place.
4.
To organise special events i.e., Christmas entertainment, Ascot, Royal
Occasions etc.
5. To produce a monthly programme of events to be
discussed with the General Manager of the homes using the Cinnamon
Activities Calendar Template.
6. Regularly update the Cinnamon
website, Facebook etc. to promote activities to the local community
and potential residents and their families.
7. To keep within
the home’s activities budget.
8. Assess resident’s specific
social needs on move-in to the home and develop a personal activities
programme, taking time to get to know each resident as an individual
in order to provide stimulating activities to meet varying needs.
