Activity Coordinator
We are seeking a friendly and organised Activity Coordinator to join our team at Douglas House.
At Douglas house we specialise in supporting people who have varying needs as a result of physical and long-term neurological conditions, including cancer care, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, epilepsy, brain injury, Huntington’s disease, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, Parkinson’s disease, spina bifida & hydrocephalus, and stroke.
What You’ll be Doing
1. To develop and run an activity programme to increase service user social interaction, recreation and well-being in a specialist inpatient neurological rehabilitation unit.
2. To maximise service users’ opportunities to be active and enhance their quality of life by facilitating group and individual activities, coordinating volunteer workers, organising celebrations, and organising leisure events.
3. The post holder will work as a multidisciplinary team member to design an activity programme that contributes positively to service users emotional and psychological well- being and furthers therapeutic goals.
Key Responsibilities
1. Ensure that a variety of social and leisure activities are available daily to service users.
2. Set up the communal areas with activities and TVs with appropriate programs on—check this periodically throughout the day.
3. Maintain a full and accurate record of therapeutic activities using the appropriate documentation.
4. Organise and coordinate service users and rehab assistants to participate and engage in running group activities and other 1:1 session.
Person specification: Essential and Desirable
Desirable
1. NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience in a related subject, i.e. Health and social care.
2. Experience in working with individuals with complex needs and supporting them to live full and
active lives
3. Evidence of being able to work effectively in teams.
Essential
IT Skills
Fluency in written and spoken English.
Intermediate IT skills and experience working with MS Office.
Why Join Us?
Access to mandatory training with opportunities for further professional development and career growth
Auto enrolment Pension
Career development opportunities
Eligibility for blue light card
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