Brainkind
Vocational Recreational & Activities Coordinator - Glasgow
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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 maximize 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.
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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.
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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.
If this position sounds of interest to you, apply today by clicking 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 organization. It’s a place where we recognize, 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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