Dovehaven Care Homes are recruiting for an Activities Co-ordinatorto join our team at Hope House Nursing Home, Rishton Road, Accrington. This position will require you to work 24 hours per week - 10am - 4pm - on a rota basis and alternate weekend availability required.
Hope House is a Nursing home catering for up to 42 residents, and our aim is to ensure all our residents feel as comfortable & happy as possible. Our homes promote independence, dignity and respect through positive risk taking and empowerment.
About the role:
We are looking for an Activities Coordinator who is caring, enthusiastic and organised. You will be required to create ideas, organise social and recreational events, both in and outside of the home, and consult with our residents to identify their social and recreational interests, generate enthusiasm and support the delivery of these activities.
You will also plan and implement a wide range of activities to support the physical and mental wellbeing of our residents. Ideal candidates will have previous experience within a similar setting, ideally with groups of people who have a variety of needs and tastes. Working as part of a wider team, you will be committed to making the lives of elderly people better and focused on making our residents’ lives fulfilling.
In return we offer:
As part of our recruitment process you will be required to complete an Enhanced DBS check. Their code of conduct can be found on the following link that you can copy and post to your web browser if you wish to read:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dbs-code-of-practice
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Dovehaven Care Homes are a family run care group providing quality residential and nursing care for the elderly. We have been providing quality care for our residents for over 40 years and pride ourselves on the happy welcoming atmosphere of our homes. Dovehaven provide a full range of care for residential and nursing needs, for both long term and respite periods.
Across our homes we provide care for a full range of residential and nursing care needs for both long term and respite periods.
Our portfolio includes all four categories of care homes (Rest Home, EMI Rest Home, Nursing Home and EMI Nursing Home) and we can accommodate all of our residents’ needs for the full length of their stay with Dovehaven. Should a resident’s needs change whilst in care, we can accommodate for this under the Dovehaven umbrella with minimal disruption.
