Activities & Wellbeing Facilitator

Responsibilities

We are currently seeking a Activities & Wellbeing Facilitator to join our team to work part-time hours 24 hrs/week .

The shifts would involve working on alternate weekends (depending on ROTA).

• Help Residents to socialise within the Care home, and provide a variety of activities that cater for all tastes.
• Plan and initiate monthly rolling / individual programmes, and encourage Residents to maintain pre- existing hobbies.
• Activities & Wellbeing Facilitator will encourage staff members, relatives and friends to participate in the care home's activities.
• Accompany Residents, where possible, to off site activities.
• Help to create an atmosphere that suits individual Residents within the care home.
• Assist with fund raising, and budgeting, for entertainments, materials and outings.
• Maintain full and accurate records of daily activities using appropriate documentation, and assist the Named Carer to review and update Resident Care Files.
• Discuss the aims and objectives of recreation therapy with other Staff Members
• Activities & Wellbeing Facilitator will report any changes in Residents' physical or emotional condition to the Home Manager or Person in Charge.
• Provide comfort and company, on a one to one basis, for Residents who are unable to undertake any form of activity.
• Arrange / participate in Staff and Resident meetings, as and when required.
• Actively market the care home and promote a positive personal / professional profile within the local community, ensuring the good reputation of the care home at all times.
• Attend mandatory training days/courses, on or off site, as and when required.
• Report immediately to the Home Manager, or Person in Charge, any illness of an infectious nature or accident incurred by a Resident, colleague, self or another.
• Understand and ensure the implementation of the Health and Safety policy, and Emergency and Fire procedures.
• To promote safe working practice in the Care home

About The Company

About Handsale Ltd

Handsale Ltd is a privately-owned healthcare company that currently owns and operates five Care Homes across England, Wales and Scotland. Founded in 1988 as a family business, Handsale has proudly maintained its family-owned and operated structure to this day. Handsale has over 35+ years of experience in healthcare and is a well-respected group in the industry. The Company operates 372 beds and employs over 457 people.

Each Handsale care home is exactly that – a home. They are all situated in carefully chosen areas where their residents can continue to lead fulfilling lives while feeling confident and secure. The homes are run with an ethos based on quality, trust and support. Handsale prides itself on being an integral part of each of the communities it serves.

Caledonia Care Home - Handsale Ltd

The home caters 90 residents and offers Nursing and Residential care. We care for people those with Dementia, Old Age & Physically Disabled. Facility & Services we offer are Palliative Care, Respite Care, Convalescent Care, Alzheimer’s Care, Cancer Care, Stroke, Colitis & Crohn's Disease and Separate EMI Unit.