Vocational Recreational & Activities Coordinator
Graham Anderson House - Glasgow
Salary: £13.15 per hour
Hours: 21 hours per week - Flexible working hours available.
Why join us?
Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of people - with brain injuries in the UK. Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries - sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more - to recover and meet their personal goals. Our employees are incredibly passionate about the jobs they do - you'll find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.
The Role:
To support in the provision of a comprehensive vocational/learning/recreational activities service, creating means whereby service users are able to achieve their stated aims through a variety of opportunities.
Main Tasks:
- Assisting to maximise service user independence and well-being through supporting the facilitation of accessing to a range of internal and external vocational, learning and recreational opportunities.
- To assist relevant colleagues in the development and delivery of vocational, learning and recreational programmes.
- To support in maintaining partnerships with external vocational/learning and recreational providers.
- To pursue existing and encourage new interest across a range of activities within the local community.
- To provide opportunities for service users to acquire/improve skills of literacy, numeracy and computer competency.
- To assist service users to acquire a variety of daily living skills either by active participation or observation.
- To regularly report areas of achievement and future plans to enable other staff groups within their sphere of work to pursue, encourage, reinforce or progress service users personal goals.
- To be conversant with service user Care Programmes related to aspects of personal care, nutritional requirements, mobility and communication aids.
- To be conversant/proficient with all equipment situated within the Activities Department ensuring, in line with manufacturers recommendations, correct usage by self and others.
- To ensure all equipment is maintained in a safe working order in line with Health & Safety regulations, notifying Line Manager of any defects found and initiating appropriate repairs.
About you:
What are we looking for?
- Working within a multidisciplinary environment or experience of supporting with the devising and implementing activity programmes.
- IT skills including the ability to open and send emails using Outlook, the ability to use Microsoft office and the ability to navigate the internet.
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written forms.
- Customer care skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
- Timely reporting and record keeping.
- Full driving license and ability to drive the service vehicles
Rewards
- A competitive rate of £13.15 per hour
- 33 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays (pro-rata)
- Buy/Sell up to 5 days Annual Leave
- Health Cash Plan
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Excellent training and support
- Group life assurance
- Eye voucher scheme
- Company Pension
- Long service and staff awards
- Free parking
We also put a big focus on employee wellbeing and support. It matters to us that you feel at your best. Career development is a priority. We will ensure you get all the training and learning opportunities you need to achieve your goals.
*All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks*
Brainkind are a Disability Confident Employer. As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Brainkind is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation. It's a place where we recognise, celebrate and live our values which includes offering a range of inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support employees from all backgrounds.
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