Vocational Recreational & Activities Coordinator

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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