Bank Activities Coordinator - Eastbourne

• Working with healthcare assistants and therapists to ensure cognitive, social, emotional, physical and functional needs are addressed
• Responsible to facilitate service users in their chosen activities and to enable service users to deal with self-care deficits as appropriate
• Responsible to ensure that the service users’ individual rights and choices are actively promoted and supported, and their beliefs and preferences appropriately acknowledged
• Monitoring the physical and emotional well-being of all service users in order to be aware of changes and to alert senior colleagues as necessary. Assisting in maintaining morale of service users by communication and contact – achieved by talking and working with them. Facilitating the safe and smooth running of the Service, the post holder is expected to maintain a safe working environment, maintain service user confidentiality, and occasionally taking on reasonable additional tasks

About you

• No formal qualifications required
• Level 2 in Care or other relevant subject /training is desirable
• Understanding of health/social care sector work
• Experience of working with people in a care setting or similar
• Skilled in interacting with all types of people
• Ability to develop and create a variety of interactive activities appropriate to the service user needs and wishes
• Ability to assess effectiveness of interventions, review and amend them as needed
• Proven experience of working within a team
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written
• Able to work within policies and procedures

Rewards

• A salary of up to £12.91 per hour
• 33 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Buy and sell up to 5 days annual leave
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Excellent training and support
• Company Pension
• Group life assurance
• Eye voucher scheme
• 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.

To join our friendly team, click the Apply Now button.

Please note we will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis until the role is filled therefore, we recommend applying as soon as possible.

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 is 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.