Join the team at Ann House in Kendal as an Occupation and Wellbeing Associate and establish, deliver, and coordinate programmes and activities focused on self-care, leisure, and day-to-day life skills to support service users in building a brighter future.
You will work 40 hours a week at Ann House, a Learning Disability and Autism service, providing care and support to 16 adults, encouraging independence with the long-term goal of transitioning to more independent living settings.
What you will be doing
Supporting the Occupational Therapy team, you will help develop links with the local community to support service users in engaging in community-based activities, developing skills and routines that promote positive physical and mental wellbeing.
You will build individual rapport with service users in 1-to-1 and group settings, using your technical and creative skills to assist in providing person-centred programmes through therapeutic interventions. You will prepare, risk assess, and implement a range of activities, as well as contribute to gathering assessment information.
Ann House offers a range of CPD and training opportunities to support your career growth and help you achieve your aspirations.
As an Occupational and Wellbeing Associate, you will be:
* Developing an understanding of activity analysis and graded interventions, with support from the Occupational Therapist
* Coordinating a timetable of meaningful activities for residents
* Working with residents, support staff, and family members to obtain information related to social and recreational interests
* Ensuring the environment and equipment are suitable for activities
* Completing interest, community skills, road safety skills, cooking checklists, and providing feedback to the Occupational Therapist
To be successful in this role, you will need:
* Care certificate or willingness to undertake a similar qualification
* Ability to motivate and engage service users
* Ability to build and maintain therapeutic relationships
* Experience in delivering group and 1-to-1 enrichment activities
* A full UK driving licence is desirable
Where you will be working
You will be based at Ann House, supporting adults with learning disabilities and autism, encouraging independence and providing specialist support for those with challenging behaviour and high support needs, within a structured, least-restrictive environment.
You will work alongside a multidisciplinary team to ensure individuals lead meaningful lives, with access to mainstream services, employment, training, leisure, hobbies, and personal interests.
What you will get
* Annual salary of £26,728
* 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) plus your birthday off
* Free meals and parking
* Wellbeing support and activities
* Career development and training opportunities
* Pension contributions
* Life assurance
* Enhanced maternity packages
Additional benefits include retail discounts, special offers, and more.
About your next employer
Join a stable, established company with over 8,000 employees across more than 90 services in England and Wales, covering mental health, neurological conditions, learning disabilities, autism, children, and education. Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care, operating in 10 countries with over 86,000 staff worldwide.
We promote safer recruitment, are a Disability Confident employer, and are committed to safeguarding service users. All staff are required to understand their responsibility to promote and safeguard welfare, with all candidates subject to a DBS disclosure.
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