Activity Coordinator in Rotherham

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details:

• Directorate: Adult Care, Housing and Public Health
• Permanent, part time, 30 hours per week.

Lord Hardy Court is a residential care unit based in Rawmarsh. This is a 60 bedded unit delivering three services: dementia care, learning disability care, and hospital avoidance beds. As a home, we pride ourselves on providing our residents with the best possible care to enable them to lead a positive and independent life. We operate a person-centred approach and work closely with our residents, families, and other agencies to provide the best possible care.

We offer a friendly and supportive work environment, and we are looking for individuals who want to be part of a caring and supportive care home. In Rotherham, our vision has always been to provide the very best service for our residents: to achieve this, we need to recruit the very best people. We are committed to providing adult care and integration services that put the person at the centre. Pathways and processes have been redesigned to ensure that we never lose sight of that, so you can work with our customers to build on their strengths, achieve their outcomes, and be connected to their community.

Our selection process has been designed to be as informal as possible. If you are shortlisted, we will contact you to arrange an interview with the chance to meet some of our team and residents.

Our offer to you includes:

• Exceptional management support and oversight, and approachable senior managers
• Access to training and development opportunities

This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a supportive team, helping our residents in our lovely home-from-home environment.

The successful candidate will have/be:

• Experience/understanding of the social and emotional needs of individuals and how to best meet those needs
• The ability to demonstrate excellent and clear communication skills, demonstrate empathy, and be able to listen and understand individual circumstances and needs
• A practical person with the ability to identify and solve day-to-day problems
• An understanding of safeguarding
• An understanding of health and safety, the safe handling of medications, and a good basic first aid knowledge
• A qualification as an Activities Professional which is recognised by an accredited organisation, ie NAPA, or the willingness to obtain a qualification, or evidence of the equivalent level of knowledge gained through work experience

If you are selected, we will require the completion of an initial pre-employment health questionnaire. Please contact Lord Hardy Court for further information on 01709336184 and ask for Amy Bennett, Acting Deputy Manager Parkhill.

This post involves working with adults and therefore, if successful, you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check.

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.