# Wellbeing and Activities Assistant

**Company**: Avery Healthcare Group Ltd.
**Location**: Epsom
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £12.75 an hour
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and we're here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you'll be making a positive impact on residents' lives every day; your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We're committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. And as part of our close-knit team, you'll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care.

We're now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Wellbeing and Activities Assistant at Rosebery Manor Care Home in Epsom, Surrey. If this sounds like the place for you, we'd love to hear from you!

As Wellbeing and Activities Assistant, your focus will be to support the Wellbeing Coordinator in providing a wide range of activities to engage and stimulate the residents' physical, cognitive, and social well-being.

Other responsibilities will include:

- Maintaining a safe living and working environment, contributing to the positive and professional image of the home.

- Reporting any changes in residents' physical or emotional condition to the Wellbeing and Activity Coordinator, Home Manager, and the care staff.

- Supporting with ordering and preparing supplies for upcoming activities as directed.

- Supporting establishing links with the local community (e.g., schools, spiritual groups, museums/libraries).

To succeed in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in everything you do.

Our ideal candidate must:

- Have effective communication skills, verbal and written.

- Demonstrate understanding of the role interaction plays in the general well-being of people.

- Have a positive attitude toward older people and a commitment to providing stimulating, quality activities and social events.

- Have previously worked with older people in a residential nursing Dementia setting.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

## Skills

### Required
- effective communication skills
- understanding of role interaction
- positive attitude toward older people
- commitment to providing stimulating activities
- experience working with older people in a dementia setting

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