Activity coordinator
Overview
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ID
326352
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Salary
£14.00 hours per week
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Type
Permanent - Full Time
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Location
Streatley
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Hours
37.5 hours per week
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Closing Date
15/10/2026
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Interview Date
To be confirmed.
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Sense have a fantastic opportunity for an Activity Coordinator to join our team at our College in Streatley. This is a permanent position role working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8:45am to 4:15pm. As an Activity Coordinator you will be responsible for leading activities across the adult social care provision. You will also be responsible for line managing a small team of Support Workers.
You will encourage individuals to develop valuable, relevant life skills and experience a wide range of educational, recreational and leisure pursuits. You will support people with a range of disabilities to participate in a number of different activities offered at our Sense Centre, and to access facilities in the local community. You will also supervise team members and provide varying levels of support with personal care tasks.
You will lead activity sessions based in both the day centre and the wider local community. You will contribute to the planning, development and implementation of sessions as well as maintaining the area as a safe and functional learning environment. You will also supervise Support Workers.
Key skills and experience
- Level 3 in Adult Social Care or willing to work towards this
- Experience of working with adults with learning disabilities
- Experience of implementing activity programmes with a strong emphasis on learning outcomes, in a variety of environments (pool, gym, kitchen, art room and community based activities)
- An understanding of how creative activities can enhance the lives and wellbeing of the people we work with.
- Experience of liaison with community groups and other service providers
- A progressive outlook and commitment to equality and diversity issues including disability and the empowerment of deafblind people
For a full job description and person specification, please see the link below.
About Sense
If you need us to adjust our recruitment process to help you access our vacancies, then please get in touch with a member of the talent acquisition team. We are a Disability Confident Leader and commit to interviewing disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for a role. More information on this can be found here Our commitment as an employer | Sense Careers
Our Values
Our values shape the way we behave and work alongside disabled people with complex needs to break down barriers:
- We’re creating change
- We’re always learning
- We’re better together
Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to a DBS check; level dependent on the nature of the role.
For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. For more information please visit: https://www.sense.org.uk/about-us/equality-and-diversity/
Closing Date
15/10/2026
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