Activities Coordinator

Activities Coordinator

Alexandra, Hemel Hempstead

Full or part time hours available (includes alternate weekends)

Alexandra is situated near the Hemel Hempstead Hospital and Gadebridge Park. The home provides residential, nursing and specialist care for those living with dementia for up to 75 residents.

We are recruiting for an Activities Coordinator to join the team.  You will be responsible for ensuring the daily activities and routines are varied and flexible to suit the individual needs of our residents.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

• The role of activity co-ordinator is fundamental to the residents’ sense of well-being and social enhancement.
• To ensure the routines and daily activities made available are flexible and varied to suit individual resident’s expectations, preferences and capabilities.
• Identify the needs of all residents.
• Plan, organise and run a varied and stimulating monthly programme of activities.
• Ensure that a weekly and monthly schedule of activities is available for residents, the care team, registered Home Manager and prospective residents to view.
• Help provide the opportunity for physical, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, and social interaction and enjoyment.
• Arrange social and spiritual activities and outings, as well as in-house entertainment with entertainers, (music/dance/song).
• Establish links with, and encourage involvement of the local community in the home, e.g. schools, colleges, religious and voluntary groups and museums.
• Involve relatives in the activity programme and attend relatives’ meetings as appropriate.
• Monitor the effects of the activities programme and write brief notes on each individual/group activity session undertaken on the activities record sheets for inclusion in either the residents’ care plan or an activities folder for residents.

Healthcare Homes offer an Employee Assistance Programme which is immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service which operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to include support such as financial and family concerns.