Lifestyle & Wellness Co-ordinator - Part Time
Location: Ashley Park Care Home, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford GU4 7SU
Salary: £13.30 - £14.30 per hour depending on experience
Contract: Permanent - part time, 12 hours per week, weekends only
Carehome.co.uk rating: 9.7
About Ashley Park Care Home
Ashley Park, located near Guildford, provides nursing, residential, palliative, Parkinson's and convalescence care. The home offers both long-term and short-stay care.
Residents can stay for a few weeks, a month or for however long their loved one needs support. They'll get to relax and meet new friends, giving complete peace of mind. The home has a dedicated respite room that can be booked up to a year in advance, and the staff is happy to accept last-minute requests too.
Originally a nineteenth-century listed building, the home has been expertly modernised to provide a range of excellent facilities. The large landscaped gardens with patio areas, orchard, raised flower beds and lawns can be enjoyed by residents alongside a sensory garden and greenhouse.
Most bedrooms have en-suite facilities, flat-screen TVs and most offer views of the gorgeous grounds, seven acres of stunning Surrey countryside.
Meals are freshly prepared every day by the home's onsite chef and menus can be tailored to the tastes and preferences of each resident. Residents have the choice of dining in the dining room or in their own room if preferred.
A varied activity programme aims to find activities to suit all interests and levels of mobility. A painting club, poetry group and calm exercise classes and quizzes are just a few of the activities available.
We make health happen
Here at Bupa we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives.
A Lifestyle & Wellness Co-ordinator in our care home is like the chief fun officer. They create a vibrant, joy-filled atmosphere for our residents. They dream up exciting events and hobbies that residents will love. Think arts and crafts, baking, book clubs, and even pub quizzes.
They work closely with our residents and care teams to create tailored activity plans. Whether it's gentle chair-based exercise or a garden party, they've got it covered! Coordinators bring people together for laughter, camaraderie, and shared experiences. Activities aren't just fun; they're also therapeutic. From meditation to wellbeing classes, they boost residents' spirits and well-being.
You'll help us make health happen by:
•Running morning and afternoon activity sessions.
•Producing and updating an activity planner for the home, working to a set activities budget
•Organising birthday surprises for our residents
•Liaising with external companies and performers from the local community to organise days out/events at the home
•Organising one to ones with our residents, this might involve reminiscing tools, puzzles, reading or just a cup of tea and a chat
•Supporting the home with their social media channels as required
Key Skills / Qualifications
You're a creative thinker with plenty of ideas, who can also manage budgets and maintain paperwork, effectively managing priorities as they arise. Wanting to make a real difference, you're interested in caring for others, sharing your sense of humour and spreading your infectious enthusiasm for making people's lives better.
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
•My Healthcare - Quick, easy access to support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support – all available via one phone number 24/7
•Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350
•Free meal on every shift
•28 days holiday
•Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
•Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets
•Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes
•We offer a range of Bupa pension plans – find out more on our career site
•Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents - find out more on our career site
•Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health
•Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK
•We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.
Please note, this role is not at or above RQF Level 3 and therefore is ineligible for sponsorship under the UK's Points Based Immigration System.
