Activities Assistant - Care Home
Barchester Healthcare
Truro, TR1 3EB
Salary
£14.44
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
23 October 2026
53 days left
Job description
ABOUT THE ROLE As an Activities Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll deliver imaginative, fun and varied activities to ensure our residents can...
As an Activities Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll deliver imaginative, fun and varied activities to ensure our residents can enjoy an environment that is motivational and fulfilling. The role involves helping us to deliver entertainment and activities that cover a wide range of pastimes, social activities, outings, and events. You'll help every resident to live as independently as possible and enhance their involvement with their family, friends, and the local community. No specific experience is needed, but a sense of fun, creativity, and the ability to encourage and motivate others is important. Enthusiastic and empathetic, you'll enjoy helping our residents live life to the fullest.
ABOUT THE ROLEAs an Activities Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll deliver imaginative, fun and varied activities to ensure our residents can enjoy an environment that is motivational and fulfilling. We want to make sure each individual can pursue the interests they most enjoy and that means you'll have a real impact on our residents' lives. The Activities Assistant role involves helping us to deliver an entertainment and activities programme that covers a wide range of pastimes, social activities, outings and events. Put simply, you'll help every resident to live as independently as possible and enhance their involvement with their family, friends and the local community.
ABOUT YOUYou don't need any specific experience to join us as an Activities Assistant, so you could come from any background. What's important is that you have a sense of fun, creativity, and the ability to encourage and motivate others. You'll also need to have that little extra something a real interest in the people we support. Enthusiastic and empathetic, you're someone who'll really enjoy helping our residents to live their lives to the full. Bring us all of that, and you'll have every opportunity to develop your skills further with a range of courses designed to build your confidence in every aspect of your role.
REWARDS PACKAGEIn return for your dedication, you'll receive a competitive rate of pay plus our sector-leading benefits and rewards package including: Free training and development for all roles Access to wellbeing and support tools A range of retail discounts and savings Unlimited referrals with our Refer a Friend' bonus scheme Employee of the Month' rewards and Long Service Awards'
Workplace Pension scheme, with Employer contributions from 3%
And so much more!
If you'd like to use your creativity and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you'd expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.
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Barchester Healthcare is a well-established provider of care homes, offering high-quality services to their residents. Their care homes are equipped with modern facilities and a trained, dedicated staff who ensure the well-being of each resident. The organisation values creativity, empathy, and motivation in their employees. Barchester Healthcare operates with a focus on providing an engaging and fulfilling environment for their residents, allowing them to pursue the interests they most enjoy. As part of their rewards package, Barchester Healthcare offers free training and development opportunities, employee discounts, and pension contributions.
Qualifications
Essential
- You don't need any specific experience to join us as an Activities Assistant, so you could come from any background.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
24 August 2026
Last checked
26 August 2026
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About the employer
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