Job Title: Activities Assistant
Location: Wirral
Salary: up to £11.50 per hour
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 20 hours per week
Report to: Home Manager
Job Profile: Please note that the duties and requirements in this job description may change as the needs of our service users and homes change. They may also change to
align with future policies.
As Activities Assistant you will schedule and coordinate events, and create and handle the logistics for daily, weekly, and monthly events to engage our residents. We require you to
participants to get feedback, manage employees, volunteers and resources, and deliver fun, safe events while on time and under budget. You should be detail-oriented and possess
excellent interpersonal and time management skills.
To succeed in working as an Activities Assistant, you should strive to stage entertaining, engaging activities that will appeal to our residents’ age and physical or emotional condition.
You should be observant, driven, creative, and caring.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Job:

• To maintain skills at a current level, undertake such training and development as required from time to time to maintain and progress knowledge.
• Work with marketing putting together newsletters keeping all our residents and their relatives/friends informed of what is going on.
• Support our residents to access the internet and communication such as letter writing, Skype, and FaceTime
• Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of the residents we support.
• Develop effective working relationships with other employees, residents, relatives, and friends. Work in cooperation with members of the multidisciplinary teams to maximize opportunities for the residents we care for.
• You should recognize the importance of effective communication within the multi-disciplinary team, with Service Users and their families/friends, whilst recognizing people’s needs for alternative communication methods and responding accordingly.
• Build rapport with our residents by establishing personal connections and showing interest in their lives.
• To greet visitors and show prospective residents and families the facilities as required.
• Ability to induct and orientate new employees to the job role and service.
• Complete mandatory training required to complete the duties required for your Job Role Profile
• Attend statutory training and any other training as directed by the management.
• Seeking opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Value-Based Personal Qualities:

• To maintain skills at a current level, undertake such training and development as required from time to time to maintain and progress knowledge.
• Work with marketing putting together newsletters keeping all our residents and their relatives/friends informed of what is going on.
• Support our residents to access the internet and communication such as letter writing, Skype, and FaceTime
• Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of the residents we support.
• Develop effective working relationships with other employees, residents, relatives, and friends. Work in cooperation with members of the multidisciplinary teams to maximize opportunities for the residents we care for.
• You should recognize the importance of effective communication within the multi-disciplinary team, with Service Users and their families/friends, whilst recognizing people’s needs for alternative communication methods and responding accordingly.
• Build rapport with our residents by establishing personal connections and showing interest in their lives.
• To greet visitors and show prospective residents and families the facilities as required.
• Ability to induct and orientate new employees to the job role and service.
• Complete mandatory training required to complete the duties required for your Job Role Profile
• Attend statutory training and any other training as directed by the management.
• Seeking opportunities for personal and professional growth