Recreation and Wellbeing Lead

At Silverpoint Court Care Home as a Recreation and Wellbeing Lead, you will enjoy being part of an exceptionally supporting team, welcoming you into providing physical, emotional, and social assistance to our residents. Silverpoint Court is part of Nellsar, a family-owned company with 35 years of exceptional person-centred care experience, comprising of 13 nursing and residential care homes covering Kent, Essex and Surrey. The perfect role for you: Being a caring heart, with a passion for making people happy, you will thrive on bringing a smile on our residents' face, whilst supporting their physical and mental wellbeing. If you are a kind, compassionate person who respects people's personal choice, dignity and privacy, we would be honoured to welcome you in our team. You will have the opportunity to excel whilst:

• Supporting new residents with the settling in process, assisting their families and friends and maintaining continuous communication
• Creating and reviewing person-centred care planning documentation reflecting the residents' current needs and preferences
• Developing and planning programmes, outings and events, staffing the events and overseeing the implementation of activities
• Encouraging people to attend or join an activity, motivating them and keeping them engaged throughout events
• Ensuring the residents' choice is always maintained and feedback is obtained regularly, informing further Recreation and Wellbeing programmes organised in the home
• Supporting and enabling residents to access social networks and maintain personal interests in accordance with best practice, agreed standards, legislation and within the financial budget
• Maintaining the confidentiality, privacy and dignity of residents and supporting the care team in this respect.
• Being a vital link between our residents and their families and friends, advocates or representatives.
• Supporting and developing the Recreation and Wellbeing Team according to individual needs and following equality, diversity and inclusion principles.
• Maintaining skills at a current level and undertaking such training and development as required to maintain and progress knowledge.
• Customer service: active listener skills, professional telephone etiquette and excellent written communication skills
  
  Dedication and commitment to making a difference to others' lives
• Experience of working with people, in particular those that may have additional support needs e.g. people living with dementia
• An empathetic nature and a strong ability to communicate effectively
• Leadership and organisational skills
• Good IT skills (Outlook, Word) and ability to use authorised handheld devices (smartphones) to record activities
• Experience of event planning
• Excellent team-work ability
  
  Competitive pay and paid training hours
• Enhanced pay rate for Bank Holidays
• Flexibility of work according to your personal availability
• Workplace pension
• 'Refer a Friend' payments of up to £1000
• Enhanced DBS paid for the company on completion of six months employment
• Comprehensive induction programme
• Excellent opportunities for professional development by having access to funded qualifications via the apprenticeship programme
• 5.6 weeks annual leave
• Working in a supportive team
• The opportunity to help your team develop
• Maintaining yours and your loved ones' wellbeing via free 24 hour access to confidential employee support helpline
• Facilitating access to the Blue Light card
• Nellsar work uniforms