Activities Assistant

Activites Assistant

14 hours per week 

£10.10 per hour

Home Close is a 72 bed Nursing and Residential care home set in Fulbourn and are looking for like-minded people to join the team.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Planning and facilitating daily, weekly, and monthly events to encourage socialisation, relaxation, and recreation.
• Plan, organise and run a varied and stimulating monthly programme of activities.
• 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 notes on each individual/group activity session undertaken on the activities record sheets.
• Control and maintain stock of materials and resources to facilitate the activities programme.
• Participate in the mandatory training programme required of the home.

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.