Could you provide a safe and stimulating place in your home for between two and six guests? Would you like to be well remunerated while knowing you are making a difference to the older people in your community?
Tapestry Day Club is a charity offering high-quality, small-group day support for people across West Sussex and Surrey. Our service is primarily for those who are socially isolated and living with early-stage dementia, as a result perhaps losing confidence socialising in larger groups.
As a host, not only will you be central to your guests, but also you will be involved with their wider family and friends, becoming an important part of their lives.
Some of our hosts enjoying one of our quarterly get togethers
We are looking for someone who is:
“What I love most about being a host is that it’s both fulfilling and fun. Knowing you’re making a positive difference to the lives of your guests and their carers is so humbling and uplifting every week”
Katie, our host in Storrington
First aid training at TDC HQ
As an employee, you will enjoy all the benefits that provides, including paid holidays and pension contributions. All our hosts are well remunerated. You will receive an additional food allowance and mileage expenses. We provide ongoing support, mentoring and incentive schemes.
Understanding our guests is a critical part of a host’s role and therefore participation in our dementia support awareness training is a vital.
Part of our service is to provide transport as many of our guests live in rural areas. It is a necessary requirement of the role. Ideally, we like our hosts to have the ability to carry up to three passengers. However, if you know someone who would work with you to provide transport while you host the day, we would be happy to consider it.
Ideally, we like easy access to the front door and a downstairs toilet. However, some of our hosts do have a few steps to access their house. In this instance, we ensure guests are able to manage those steps.
Many of our hosts have partners who work from home or children around during school holidays. We do require hosts not to leave guests unattended with a family member or other visitors to their home at any time.
The amount you will be paid per day is based on the number of guests attending, starting on a flat rate for two guests. The rate increases for each additional guest up to a maximum of six. In addition to this, we pay mileage expenses as well as a food allowance per guest.
Tapestry Day Club carries insurance as an employers (Employer Liability) and Public Liability. We require all hosts to have 3rd Party insurance which is generally part of your Building insurance.
Many of our guests have school-age children, some of whom join in with activities and lunch on the day. Our guests love children being around. However, the focus and attention must always be on Tapestry Day Club guests while they are being hosted in your home, and young children need to be supervised by someone else during this time.
Ideally, we like our hosts to have a house with some outdoor space. However, we are happy to have a chat if you live on a ground-floor flat with easy access via a front door and to a garden.
Hosts generally need to be home owners as tenants need a landlord’s permission to run a business from home.
Yes, TDC pays holiday pay on a monthly, accrued basis and those who are eligible for SSP are paid sickness pay.
STEP 1
Contact Clare or Anderley for further information about the role of a TDC host.
STEP 2
Complete the application form. We will then visit you for an interview.
STEP 3
Sign our contract if we are all happy, also with your home and car assessment.
STEP 4
Complete the training courses and register with your local food inspector.
STEP 5
Join the team, receive our operational manual and start welcoming guests.
“When I tell people what I do, the most common response is, ‘Oh, how lovely,’ and that’s exactly what it is. It’s more than a job. It’s about giving back to a community of people who deserve to get out and have a lovely day. I have the pleasure of being able to provide that. Their smiles at the end of the day are my biggest reward”
Sara, our host in Tisman’s Common
Take a quick look at our video where Shelly, our host in Billingshurst, outlines the role of a host
