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Activities Assistant - Care Home
Barchester Healthcare
Home Office register entry: BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE LIMITED, LONDON
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Role description
Job summary
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 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 YOU You 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
Main duties of the job
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 us
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.
Details
Date posted
24 August 2026
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£14.44 an hour
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
1541470781
Job locations
Barchester Healthcare
Truro
TR1 3EB
United Kingdom
Last verified against our ingestion on 29 August 2026; sponsor register dataset 2026-08-25.