Activities Worker

Leonard Cheshire Disability; Tonbridge; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as an Activities Worker, where you'll provide engaging social and recreational activities for residents with disabilities. Your creativity and interpersonal skills will help improve their quality of life. Flexibility is key, with potential weekend and evening shifts.

Benefits

Wagestream

Free Blue Light Card

Contributory pension scheme

Cash Health Plan

Development opportunities

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Free DBS check

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Previous activities worker experience is essential.
• Experience with non-verbal, wheelchair users with complex needs.

Responsibilities

• Deliver engaging social and recreational activities.
• Organise outings and events for residents.
• Facilitate activities like baking.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Communication

Creativity

Job description

Full-time role available. To be successful in this role, previous activities worker experience is essential as you will be working with non-verbal, wheelchair users with complex needs. You must be a driver and flexible, as there may be some weekend/evening shifts required (with notice).

A night enhancement of £1.50 per hour will apply from 8pm to 7am, Monday – Sunday (this does not apply to sleep-ins). A weekend day enhancement of £2.00 per hour will be paid from 7am to 8pm on Saturday and Sunday.

Our service is located in the rural village of Staplehurst, Kent, where we actively involve service users in their local community and participate in a wide range of activities using local resources.

About the role

As an Activities Worker, you will deliver a variety of engaging social and recreational activities, providing exciting opportunities for our residents. Organising outings and events, your creativity and passion to offer variety and choice will significantly impact the lives of people with disabilities we support.

You may help organise large-scale social events, find common interests within smaller groups, or facilitate activities like baking. Creativity is key!

About you

Previous activities worker experience is essential, especially working with non-verbal, wheelchair users with complex needs.

Please see the job description (link below) for more details.

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Have good interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively.
• Work flexibly and creatively with customers and their families.
• Ideally have personal care experience (not essential).
• Be able to work under pressure and as part of a team.
• Be flexible to work within rostered hours and participate in an on-call rota if required.

Employee benefits include:

• Wagestream: option to withdraw up to 40% of your pay before payday.
• Free Blue Light Card.
• Contributory pension scheme with life cover benefits.
• Access to a Cash Health Plan at favourable rates.
• Development opportunities through apprenticeships and recognised qualifications.
• Unlimited payments via our Refer a Friend bonus scheme.
• Free DBS check.
• Employee Assistance Programme and more!

If interested, please email Ashleigh Cook at [e-mail] or call 07780 092 522 for more details.

Join our dedicated team at Sobell Lodge and make a positive impact!