As a Day Opportunities Coordinator, you'll be supporting young adults with learning disabilities, each with their own unique needs, abilities, and interests. You'll take a lead role within the team, supervising others and planning activities. Helping people engage in fun, personalised activities that build social networks, you'll promote choice and inclusion whilst ensuring they are safe and well.
Your key responsibilities will include:
* Providing leadership: Supervising, guiding and motivating Support Workers, assisting with the day-to-day planning and coordination of the team.
* Engaging in fulfilling personalised activities: Supporting service users to take part in activities, tailored to their individual physical, mental, social and emotional needs, such as sensory experiences, cooking, arts and crafts, gardening, bowling, trips to the cinema and sharing their hobbies.
* Helping with daily living activities: Supporting service users with eating, drinking, mobility, personal care, and medication, ensuring everyone is treated with dignity and respect.
* Promoting community involvement: Supporting service users in their involvement in local community projects, helping them to integrate and develop important social networks.
* Building relationships: Establishing positive connections with service users, celebrating their achievements and milestones.
To be successful in this role, you'll have:
* Experience: A successful track record of working with people with learning disabilities in a Day Services environment. You'll hold an NVQ/QCF Level 3 in Care, or have equivalent experience.
* Leadership: The ability to lead and motivate others in the team, providing training, support and guidance to less experienced staff, whilst role modelling high standards of care and support.
* Problem-solving skills: The confidence to handle a range of situations, identifying actions and suggesting and implementing changes for improvements.
* Communication skills: The ability to communicate clearly and effectively with service users with a diverse range of complex communication and sensory support needs.
* Team player: The ability to work closely with others to consistently provide the best support possible.
* Patience and dedication: A genuine desire to help others and make a positive and lasting difference to their lives.
By joining our team, you'll enjoy:
* Rewarding work: Making a real difference in the lives of our service users, knowing that you can create a lasting impact while building a great career.
* Career growth and development: Ongoing development opportunities to enhance your skills and your career.
* Supportive environment: Working in a friendly and collaborative team who feel proud of the work they do to support people in our community.
* Employee support: Access to Health Assured's comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme to support your physical and mental wellbeing.
* Competitive benefits package: Including generous annual leave entitlement, occupational sick pay, and access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
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