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Wellbeing and Activity Lead – Lower Meadow

Hourly rate - £9.00 per hour

Hours per week – 35 hrs, including some weekends and evenings

Closing Date – 29.11.19

Here is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in enhancing quality of life and wellbeing for all our residents. Your role will be to organise and deliver high quality person-centred activity and occupation to all our residents. You will also guide, lead, develop and coach our staff in engagement and activity with residents, so that every day is filled with magic (meaningful) moments. You will report to the manager of the home and be supported by the Wellbeing & Dementia Services Manager. You will ensure residents’ dignity and self-esteem is enhanced through meaningful engagement, positive relationships and free expression of individuality.

Included in your responsibilities:

Leading on, and delivering, high quality meaningful activity for all residents
Ensuring people living with dementia enjoy the same opportunities for engagement and activity as other residents
Stimulating excellent interaction and communication between staff and residents
Promoting and developing mealtimes as highlight of the day
Creating and maintaining excellent community links

So that you have the confidence and skills to deliver high quality activity and engagement to residents, you will receive individual support, guidance and investment in your development.

Applicants must have a positive forward-thinking approach, have the ability to enthuse and guide others, with excellent written and verbal communication skills. Care home experience is an advantage, as is any previous experience of providing activity or coaching others. You will also need be determined, and flexible. For more details of other homes locations please see https://www.runwoodhomes.co.uk/

If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Lower Meadow on 01789 522