Cambridge Fixed Term until April 2026 Part Time (14 hours per week) Working hours - Wednesday to Friday We have an exciting opportunity available for an Activities Coordinator to support with the running of a community hub in Trumpington. This role will support and prevent social isolation in older adults and provide support to older people in Trumpington. The post-holder will work with colleagues and stakeholders to identify the needs of the residents and organise events in line with their needs. The post holder will work 14 hours, - Friday will be compulsory and we have some flexibility around when the remaining hours can be fulfilled. What you will be doing: Support the needs of older adults through building relationships.
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Encourage and empower residents to make their own social activities and provide help were required with advertising, flyers etc
Lead on annual events such as Christmas festival, performances etc
To use digital skills and educate residents on potential benefits of technology.
To have confidence in reporting safeguarding issues.
Wed love to meet someone with: (please provide evidence of these essential skills as part of your personal statement) Experience of working with vulnerable client groups. (E)
Experience of working within a team and with internal and external partners, as well as on own initiative. (E)
Strong people skills including the ability to build rapport and work in a non-judgemental way with the community and to challenge inappropriate behaviours. (E)
Experience of engaging residents and developing self-sustaining events based on the user stories, using a variety of communication techniques. (E)
Digital skills to support residents with learning (E)
A good standard of general education.
Amongst what we offer you is: A competitive salary
28 days holiday PLUS Bank Holidays
A generous contributory pension scheme
Private health care
Free life assurance
Access to an extensive suite of wellbeing services and tools including a digital gym
Opportunities for learning and development
Discounted gym membership
Retail discount scheme
Travel between multiple sites will be required or must be willing to travel between multiple sites in the Cambridge area Please note the successful candidate will be required to complete a basic DBS application and this will need to be returned and verified by bpha before a start date can be provided. We reserve the right to close this recruitment if it is deemed that we have received a suitable number of applications. On this basis we would advise that applications are submitted as soon as possible.
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