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Job description

To Co-ordinate and participate in activities with Residents and to assist with Resident’s Outings when required

Responsibilities

• To plan, organise and co-ordinate a wide range of activities and events. Activities and events must provide positive outcomes and also meet identified needs and interests of the residents
• To ensure that activities meet the needs of residents who have early-stage dementia and also residents who are mentally coherent
• To accompany residents on organised outings

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Evidence an understanding of and respect for the needs of older people in a residential/nursing situation
• Awareness of health and safety practices within a working and residential/nursing home environment
• Experience of working with older people
• Willingness to work additional hours if required
• Must be willing to behave in a manner which respects the Christian ethos of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland

Further Information

20 hours per week (4 shifts per week) - worked flexibly across days, evenings and weekends