Vacancies

• Job Reference
• SYS-7219
• Location
• 25,27, 29 & 31 Portsmouth Road, Horndean, Waterlooville
• Job Description
• Lifestyle_Coordinator.pdf

• Post Code
• PO8 9LN
• Min Pay Rate
• 11.04
• Max Pay Rate
• 11.04
• Shifts Available
• Full time/Part time
• Role Highlights

• Come and join Pear Tree Court as a Lifestyle Co-Ordinator! 

  Plan individual and group activities for the residents to help keep them active! 

   

   

• Job Copy

• Job Summary

  Help our residents maintain active and independent lives through the creation and delivery of individualised activity plans based on their interests, abilities and life experience.
  
  Key Responsibilities

  • To build friendships with our residents that help them adjust to life in a care home
  • Work with residents, their friends and family members, to build individual lifestyle histories and, using these, create ongoing plans in our electronic resident records, ensuring these are updated daily to evidence delivery
  • On a monthly basis review the plan with the resident and relatives and adjust if necessary
  • Create a weekly schedule of meaningful occupation for each resident, personalised to their likes, dislikes, needs and abilities, helping them to try new things and continue to take part in the hobbies and activities that make them who they are
  • Create and maintain a schedule of group activities tailored to residents to run alongside one-to-one sessions, enabling residents to take part in communal activities as well as individual hobbies as per their wishes
  • Update the resident’s personalised diary on a weekly basis with details of the activities they’ve undertaken, including photos, comments and feedback, that can be kept by residents as a record of what they have achieved as well as shared with their friends, family and the home team
  • Build relationships with relatives, friends and advocates in order make sure you understand the person, and that the relatives understand how you are supporting the resident
  • To build relationships with the local community , inviting them into the home to take part or run events and help residents maintain their hobbies
  • To establish and run a ‘Friends of’ the home - a group of relatives, friends and neighbours from the community who are keen to be active participants in the life of the home
  • Develop strong and continuing relationships with colleagues to enable the sharing of ideas and information, ensuring you are all working as a team to provide a safe and fulfilling experience within the home for every resident
  • Enable our residents to stay in touch with friends and family by visits, phone, Skype, letters and email
  • Support our residents to make trips outside of the home, encouraging relatives and friends to join in, as well as building links with local groups to encourage them into the home, facilitating the position of the home as part of the local community
  • Actively seek feedback on the activity provision in the home, including running a resident forum and in house customer satisfaction programmes
  • To attend all statutory and mandatory training as required by the Company in order to fulfil your duties
  • To attend appropriate training courses and/or programmes to enhance personal and professional knowledge and skills
  • To undergo the necessary training to become a ‘Dementia Friend’
• Where you'll work

• Pear Tree Court Care Home

  Our purpose built three-storey home, welcomed its first residents at the end of January.  Our Home is contemporary and luxurious, offering the best in nursing, residential and dementia and care.

  The ground floor is a hub of activity, with a hair and beauty salon helping residents to look and feel their best. A café overlooks the landscaped gardens, and with cake, tea and coffee always available, it’s the perfect place to catch up with visitors. On the second floor there’s also a cinema room, complete with large armchairs.

  We offer residents choices about how they want to be cared for and supported, and treat each person with dignity and respect. Everyone in our team shares the same goal of making sure that every resident leads a happy, comfortable and fulfilling life.

   

Care UK is committed to ensuring that it employs people with the right mix of talent, skills and potential and will assess every applicant fairly regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, responsibilities for dependents, age, physical/mental disability or offending background. Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent you from working with us, it will depend on the nature of the role and background of any offence.