Activities Co-ordinator

We are One Housing and we create places for people to call home and support them to live well. With a breadth of services and expertise to help people whatever their housing, care, or support needs.

Our Care team is friendly and we love what we do. We are passionate about the high-quality support we provide. We offer our colleagues a friendly, collaborative workplace and the chance to build a rewarding career with a not-for-profit organisation that is proud to make a genuine difference to peoples’ lives, each and every day.

Join our Care team as an Activities Co-ordinator

Working in Care can be demanding, but our colleagues are always kind and compassionate no matter what challenges they encounter.

Working as an Activities Co-ordinator is not only varied and interesting, it's incredibly rewarding.

As part of our team you will be doing work you can be proud of, ensuring the safety and happiness of our customers in their home.

We’re an organisation with strong values. We keep our promises; we do a great job; we value diversity; we work together; and we look for ways to improve. These are what make us such a great team, working together as one to achieve our vision.

The role

We have a fantastic opportunity for someone to join us in the position of Activities Co-ordinator in Kempston.

• Location: Kempston, Bedfordshire
• Salary: £9.63 per hour
• Working Hours: 20 hours per week (3 days) this will include every other weekend

Your duties will include:

• Developing and overseeing an active living programme for each resident, which supports mobility, social contact, independence and fun.
• Collaborating with the nursing and senior staff to make an assessment of strengths and capabilities of each resident in regards to activities of daily living.
• Ensuring that any risk assessments have been carried out prior to any new planned activity or event.
• Devising simple and safe activities which encourage movement and maintain joint flexibility and functional use of hands and fingers in activities.

What you will need to succeed

We are looking for someone who believes in working together as part of a team, who shares our values and who is
positive and friendly. The successful candidate will:

• Previous experience developing engaging and creative activity plans
• Will ideally have previous experience working in an adult care setting

The offer

Our Life@One benefits offer you an array of perks designed with your wellbeing in mind.
Salary: Ã‚£9.63 per hour
Your holidays are important to us. Take up to 20 days annual leave plus bank holidays (this is pro rata’d depending on hours worked)
Lean travel. Spread the cost of your commute with a season ticket loans and our Cycle2Work scheme, open to all colleagues
Get paid to do good. We offer you two days off on full pay each year to volunteer in our communities.
Look after your loved ones. Our healthcare cash back plan allows you to claim back cash for you and your family’s healthcare.
Well done! With our colleague recognition programme you will know when you’ve done a #greatjob
Learning never stops. One Academy, our innovative, in-house learning and development offering is designed to help you take your career to the next level.
We’re here for you. Our employee assistance programme offers counselling and support for you and your family 24/7.
Stay book-smart. Take up to five paid days off per year to study toward a relevant qualification.
Experience new things. We offer you a career break after 3 years’ continuous service.