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Click here to register your interestActivities Assistant 36 hours per week
Based at Rowan Lodge, Crown Lane, Newnham, Basingstoke, RG27 9AN – a beautiful and modern family owned and managed care home with a CQC rating of “good” in all five areas. These accolades are only achieved through the teamwork of like-minded individuals passionate about delivering person-centered care. Our Care/Nursing staff to resident ratio is higher than the national average and nearly 50% of our team have been with us for over 5 years.
** Above and Beyond Winner – A Place to be Proud of Awards 2024**
** Finalist in the Leadership Award – National Activity Providers Association Awards 2023**
**9.9 Review Score on carehome.co.uk**
We are looking for an Activities Assistant (36 hours per week) to join the motivated and happy team working at our Rowan Lodge care home. At Forest Care, we are proud to create positive working environments in each of our care homes by encouraging employee participation and humour in the workplace.
Our Activities Team provide a full and varied activities programme of therapeutic group, individual and one-to-one activities for residents to enjoy. Activities are tailored towards the individual, supported by life story work, in line with Forest Care’s ethos of a person-centered approach to holistic care
Starting salary £11.70 per hour.
As well as a competitive hourly rate, we offer the following benefits;
Candidates will need access to their own transport to apply for this role.
Forest Care
Forest Care is a family owned and managed company, currently with four care homes in Hampshire and Surrey. Our focus is to ensure we provide the highest standards of care to our residents, and their ongoing welfare, comfort and needs are central to how we run our homes. We want our homes to be a home in the truest sense, and we are committed to making our residents feel at home from the outset.
We are looking for a reliable, caring Activities Assistant who wants to make a difference by contributing to providing the best care possible at all times.
Main Duties of our Activities Assistant;
Skills and Experience of our Activities Assistant;
Please note this position is subject to a DBS check.
While it is no longer a requirement that people we employ are vaccinated against Covid-19, we still strongly believe that vaccination remains the best line of defence and we therefore continue to encourage all current and prospective staff to be fully vaccinated.