Overview
Jewish Care’s Community Centres are at the heart of changing people’s lives for the better. We aim to ensure that Jewish older people lead a meaningful life, have a sense of belonging and participate in their community through attending our Community Centres.
The Community Centre Activities/ Programme Assistant is responsible for front line delivery of day services to Jewish Care members, including running and supporting with activities such as chair based-exercise classes, discussion groups, card games and board games.
This role may involve tasks within the persons care plan that includes personal care.
This post is working on a relief/ bank basis to cover absence as and when required.
What you will be doing
- Running and taking part in activities and programmes in a culturally specific Jewish Day service for older people, people living with dementia and at associated programming and events.
- Working together with programming teams to set up technology to support members taking part in activities at home – such as online social discussion groups and exercise classes.
- Confidently raising and reporting safeguarding concerns
- Providing, personal care duties, as indicated in a person’s care plan
- Taking part in care plan meetings with colleagues, internal Social Work colleagues, relatives, and external agencies.
- Promoting the Montessori approach to dementia care.
- Supporting Care Bus Drivers with the collection of members from their home to the centre, ensuring their needs are met.
- Supporting members to coordinate and organise their transport arrangements to and from the centre to include assisting with booking and managing dial-a-ride, other community transport private hire and public transport.
What you’ll bring to Jewish Care:
- Relevant qualification within Health & Social Care or willingness to work towards.
- Experience of working in the field of recreational/social activity
- Experience of working with individual clients and with groups
- Experience of working with older people with varying abilities and needs who may also suffer from Dementia
- Experience working in partnership with families, carers, volunteers, and community members
- Awareness of physical and mental health issues affecting older people
