Activities Coordinator

Nightingale Hammerson; Fareham; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading social care provider based in Fareham seeks a dedicated individual to facilitate vocational, educational, and recreational activities for service users. The role requires experience in care and the ability to develop engaging activities. Candidates will support individuals in enhancing their skills and report progress to the occupational therapist. A commitment to the Mental Capacity Act is essential. Competitive pay and various benefits are offered.

Benefits

Up to 28 Days Holiday

Access to free online courses

Free DBS Check

Stakeholder Pension

Employee Assistance Programme

Annual Employee Awards Evening

Employee Recognition Schemes

Family and friends' grants opportunity

Qualifications

• Previous experience of working within a care environment is essential.
• Proven ability to develop and organise a range of activities for patients.
• Commitment to compliance with the Mental Capacity Act.

Responsibilities

• Enable individuals to develop domestic and leisure skills.
• Feedback on individuals' engagement to multidisciplinary team.
• Plan and facilitate therapeutic groups under supervision.

Skills

Experience in a care environment

Ability to develop activities

Effective communication skills

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for someone who is dedicated, passionate and driven to join our team at Uplands, Fareham.

The role is to work under the supervision of the management team, providing vocational, educational and recreational activities for the service users in the unit and via community access.

The successful candidate will have previous experience of working within a care environment and the proven ability to develop and organise a range of activities for patients.

Location and Hours

Location: Uplands, Fareham

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Salary Details: GBP13.33 per hour

Benefits

• Up to 28 Days Holiday
• Access to a wide range of free online courses for all staff on a variety of topics for self-development of your career
• Free DBS Check
• Stakeholder Pension
• Free Employee Assistance Programme
• Annual Employee Awards Evening
• Employee Recognition Schemes
• CareTech Foundation - Opportunity to apply for family and friend\'s grants

Main duties and responsibilities

• To work with individuals across the unit to enable them to develop their domestic, self-care, social work or leisure skills as appropriate for each individual
• To feedback individuals\' engagement and progress to the appropriate occupational therapist or other multi-disciplinary team member as and when requested to do so.
• To take responsibility for planning and facilitating specific therapeutic groups under supervision
• To comply with various departmental systems of record keeping, security audits and data collection.
• To take the initiative in seeking new information, making use of departmental resources, internet etc., and undertaking training where possible in order to meet learning needs and enhance the activity role.
• Comply with the Mental Capacity Act related to job role and service requirements.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities. The post holder may be required to undertake other duties following appropriate discussion with their line manager.

Who we are

The CareTech Group; established in 1994, and is one of the largest providers of specialist social care services supporting 5000 adults with a wide range of needs in more than 300 services across the UK. Committed to the highest standards of care and governance, we provide innovative care pathways for vulnerable people to live in community settings. We support people to take control of their lives - this could be finding employment, having an active social life, learning new skills or building self-confidence.

CareTech Community Services are proud to inform you that they are a "Disability Confident Leader".

Additional information

Successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure prior to commencement of employment; the disclosure expense will be met by the employer.

Some of our roles require male or female employees only, where this is indicated it is a genuine occupational requirement, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

Sorry, we are unable to contact every applicant due to the volume of applications. We will be in touch 7-10 days after receipt of your CV if progressing your application to the next stage.

The CareTech Group is a Sponsored Employer but our sponsorship programme is currently full. Please only apply if you have an existing right-to-work in the UK that doesn\'t require sponsorship and you are not currently under an existing sponsorship.