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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 our residents to live their lives to the full.
Main duties of the job
As an Activities Assistant at a Barchester care home, you will be responsible for delivering imaginative, fun, and varied activities designed to ensure residents enjoy a motivational and fulfilling environment. Your role will involve helping implement an entertainment and activities program encompassing a wide range of pastimes, social activities, outings, and events. You don't need specific experience, just a sense of fun, creativity, and the ability to engage and encourage others, along with a genuine interest in the people you support. An enthusiastic and empathetic approach is crucial in helping residents live their lives to the fullest.
About us
Barchester Healthcare is a leading care provider in the UK, offering high-quality care and services across their numerous care homes and hospitals. The organization prides itself on delivering individualized care in a supportive environment, ensuring residents can live as independently as possible while enjoying various activities and opportunities for social engagement. Barchester Healthcare supports its staff with free training and development, access to well-being and support tools, and a range of benefits and rewards. They focus on creating a rewarding place to work for those who are passionate about delivering quality care.
Details
Date posted
05 August 2026
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
£14.03 an hour
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
1534527660
Job locations
Barchester Healthcare
Horley
RH6 7DJ
United Kingdom
Last verified against our ingestion on 4 September 2026; sponsor register dataset 2026-08-25.