Activities Co-ordinator

Voyage Care; Strood; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced evening and weekend pay (50p)

Premium overtime rates (£1)

Stream pay access

Blue Light Card discounts

24/7/365 doctor line

Cash plans for colleagues

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care in Rochester is seeking an Activities Coordinator to lead the planning and delivery of engaging activities for residents, with hands-on care responsibilities where required. The role requires collaboration with care colleagues to enhance quality of life and independence.

Applicants should hold a full UK driving licence, be flexible and customer-service oriented, and be prepared to work around the schedules of the people we support. DBS checks and references will be required.

Qualifications

• Candidates should hold a full UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver meaningful activities to promote growth and new skills.
• Work with care colleagues to support residents in Rochester.
• Record and report session engagement and activities accurately.

Job description

Activities Coordinator - Rochester - £13.59 Per Hour

Typical Shifts are: Typical shifts are worked around the activities and schedules of the people we support. This role also includes some hands-on care responsibilities.

Join Voyage Care and Feel Valued, we reward your dedication with:

• Enhanced evening and weekend pay at an additional 50p per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
• Premium overtime rates at an additional £1 per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
• Stream - giving you the flexibility to draw upon up to 40% of your pay, as it is earned.
• Funded Blue Light Card - hundreds of discounts at high street retailers etc.
• 24/7/365 doctor line for our colleagues and their families
• Access to cash plans for our colleagues, which also covers their families
• Enhanced retirement leave
• Long service awards

We’re on the hunt for genuinely caring, hands‑on Activities Coordinators with a passion for enhancing the quality of life of the people we support through the planning and delivery of meaningful, engaging activities that promote growth and develop new skills. Our Activities Coordinators work closely with our care colleagues to support a fantastic group of people!

Our residential service ABI (Acquired Brain Injury) service in Rochester is a welcoming and friendly environment and you can be sure that no two days will be the same!

Our Activity Coordinators don’t simply organise activities, they craft experiences for the people we support with meaning and purpose ensuring that therapeutic opportunities are open and available to all. You could be organising events and activities within the service, or you could be planning activities that enable the people we support to access their local communities in meaningful ways. Choice will be at the heart of your planning, and you will work closely with the people we support, the service manager and our colleagues to ensure that the experiences you create are both unique and tailored to individual needs. You’ll accurately record and report on the activities that you offer and the session engagement to ensure we are constantly meeting the needs of the people we support.

This is an amazing role for someone who is looking to really make a difference to someone's life and to help them grow in confidence and independence so that they meet their goals, have fun and enjoy experiences like no other.

We’re interested in our Activity Coordinators having both the right experience and the right values. This is why at this service our Activity Coordinators should hold a full UK driving license, be resilient, flexible and composed in their approach, be creative by nature with a focus on customer service.

Why choose us?

We embrace people’s differences and encourage you to Be You, and so long as you’ve got the passion to make someone’s life better, we can give you all the skills and development opportunities you need to build a great career.

We encourage our staff to Grow Together through our excellent training programme, starting at induction and following you through your career, with opportunity for promotion and progression as well as job security in a sector leading organisation.

We have a fantastic range of benefits for our staff and we offer sector leading career progression.

All applicants and subsequent job offers will be subject to satisfactory DBS checks and references.