Lifestyle Lead

Job Summary

To act as a central point in the home to lead, organise and provide a varied and appropriate programme of activity which is based around the needs, wishes and desires of the individuals we support. The activities delivered will help the people we support to live healthier, more independent and fulfilling lives.

Manage a small team (1-3 individuals) of lifestyle coordinators to help our residents maintain active and independent lives through the creation and delivery of individualised activity plans based on their interests, abilities and life experience.

To maintain robust evidence of interventions, for both the individual and their family, and for regulatory purposes.

Key Responsibilities

• Working under the direction of the home manager, and in partnership with the home's dementia champion, to facilitate and support the completion of life story books and promote their use by all colleagues to better understand our residents.
• To act as an educator within the home and the wider community in order to promote wellbeing and a dignified lifestyle.
• Communicate events and opportunities through regular newsletters and other methods throughout the home.
• To maintain the lifestyle teams development, via co-ordinating training opportunities and the appraisal process. Manage the performance of the Lifestyle Coordinators.Play a key role in the home's management team to ensure joined up care for the benefit of residents and work closely with the home manager and home teams to ensure key colleagues are fully informed of the lifestyle team's schedules for residents.Understand implications of both shifts and rotas in order to create a full and varied programme of events, maintaining adequate ratio of colleagues on duty. Taking responsibility of rota planning for all Lifestyle colleagues.Liaise with individuals, relatives, friends and other colleagues to ensure a full knowledge of their likes, dislikes, interests, abilities and difficulties.Explore the most appropriate methods and resources for meeting activity needs including group events, individual sessions, involving internal, external and community based resources.Advertise and promote the planned programme in a manner which encourages involvement of all individuals, relatives and colleagues.Develop a planned programme which allows for necessary changes, to ensure residents have access to activities covering seven days a week including evenings and weekends.Maintain written records of individual assessments and life stories, their participation and activity evaluations in line with guidance provided and best practice.Maintain a portfolio of information including a range of activities available within the Home and the local community.To ensure that the activity care plan for each resident is in place within one week of the date of admission, updated when new information is gathered and reviewed at least monthly.In conjunction with the Home Manager, deliver a resident and relative activity forum in the home, at least once a quarter; to regularly review the individual needs, the programme of activities and levels of participation.To maintain standards of infection control within the home and to assist residents to maintain their own infection control needs.To organise themed events as required, based on local holidays, traditions etc.To organise outings as appropriate and based on residents wishes and preferences.To assist and support residents at meal times ensuring that the appropriate equipment is available and that the ambience is conducive to a relaxed environment.To liaise with the senior person in charge on a daily basis.To involve residents in social events organised by the local community and encourage community groups to have involvement in the life of the home.To build and maintain a suitable stock of social events and hobby equipment such as: craft materials, board games, jigsaws, cards, needlework, paints, etc.To provide inspiration resources and ideas to care staff for group and one to one social events.In conjunction with the Home Manager, manage and monitor the activity spend for maximum effectiveness. To maintain standards of infection control within the home and to assist residents to maintain their own infection control needs.To attend Activity Meetings within both regional and national Care UK services.To attend all statutory and mandatory training as required by the Company in order to fulfill your duties.To attend appropriate training courses and/or programmes to enhance personal and professional knowledge and skills.

To complete training on Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults and the Mental Capacity Act and be able to understand and implement SVA and MHA policies and procedures taking responsibility for reporting any safeguarding concerns to the senior person on duty or on-call RD.

Health and Safety

As an employee of Care UK, the post holder has a duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, to:

• Take reasonable care of the health and safety of themselves and all other persons who may be affected by their acts or omissions at work.
• Co-operate with their employer to ensure compliance with Health and Safety legislation and the Health and Safety policies and procedures of the organisation, not intentionally or recklessly interfere with, or misuse, anything provided in theinterests of health, safety, or welfare, in pursuance of any of the relevant statutory provisions.

The post holder must at all times respect the confidentiality of information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act and the company's ISO27001 accreditation. This includes, if required to do so, obtain, process and/or use information held on a computer ina fair and lawful way, to hold data only for the specified registered purposes and to use or disclose data only to authorised persons or organisations as instructed.This list of duties and responsibilities is by not exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake other relevant and appropriate duties as reasonably required.This job description is subject to regular review and appropriate modification.