Description
The Activities Coordinator will play a crucial role in Jewish Care's Retirement Living team, helping residents enjoy an active, sociable, and fulfilling lifestyle while maintaining their independence.
This part-time role involves planning, organising, and delivering a varied programme of activities, events, and social opportunities that reflect residents' interests, abilities, and preferences.
Responsibilities include:
- Planning, coordinating, and delivering a diverse programme of recreational, educational, therapeutic, cultural, and social activities.
- Supporting tenants to maintain independence, wellbeing, and meaningful social connections.
- Organising outings, events, celebrations, and activities that reflect Jewish festivals, traditions, and cultural life.
- Developing activity support plans and risk assessments tailored to individual needs.
- Encouraging participation and ensuring activities are inclusive and accessible for people with varying abilities, including those living with dementia.
- Recruiting, supporting, and coordinating volunteers who contribute to activity programmes.
- Building strong relationships with families, carers, community groups, and external partners.
- Producing newsletters and communications to promote activities and engagement.
- Monitoring participation, gathering feedback, and evaluating outcomes to continuously improve services.
- Managing activity resources and budgets in partnership with the Registered Manager.
- Ensuring activities and outings are delivered safely and in line with organisational policies and procedures.
The successful candidate will be organised, creative, approachable, and confident engaging with older people, with experience of coordinating activities or events and a genuine passion for promoting wellbeing and social connection.
Requirements:
- Experience of planning and delivering activities within a health, social care, or community setting.
- Experience of working with older people, including those living with dementia.
- Experience of working with both individuals and groups.
- Experience of working collaboratively with families, carers, volunteers, and community organisations.
- Experience of creating risk assessments and activity support plans.
- Knowledge of delivering high-quality activity and social inclusion programmes.
- Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
- Excellent organisational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to build positive relationships with tenants, colleagues, volunteers, and members of the community.
- A flexible and positive approach, including occasional evening and weekend working.
- Commitment to providing an excellent customer experience and delivering services aligned to Jewish Care's values.
Desirable:
- Relevant qualification in activities, recreation, health, social care, or a related field.
- Experience of managing volunteers.
- Experience of working with Jewish older people, including Holocaust survivors and refugees.
- NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care, Promoting Independence, or equivalent.
What We Offer:
- £15.15 per hour
- Permanent contract
- Part-time working pattern (30 hours per week, Monday to Friday)
How to Apply: If you're passionate about improving the lives of older people and enjoy creating engaging activities, we'd love to hear from you.