Package Description

JOB ROLE: Activities Coordinator 

LOCATION: Liverpool (L9)

RATE: £14.69 per hour

HOURS: 37.5 per week

SHIFTS: 08:30AM - 16:30PM (Supporting 3.5 days out of 5)

A full, clean driving licence is also essential as driving of the centre's minibus will be required. 

About Walton Resource Centre

The Resource Centre is a lively, busy environment, supporting up to 60 people per day within a variety of activities, including leisure, vocational and citizenship in the community. 

Health and wellbeing are at the forefront of everything we do and we are looking to recruit people from a diverse range of backgrounds that can support our Trainees to achieve their potential.

The ideal candidate must possess exceptionally high standards, an empathic approach and act as a role model to the Adults we support.

The Centre is staffed with a highly skilled and qualified team of professionals. We provide support and encourage independence both onsite and within the community to adults with complex needs, including; learning difficulties, autism and behaviours that are challenging.

As an Activities Coordinator, you will be involved in the day to day support and routine of the people within the service including:

• The creation and management and smooth running of fun, interactive and meaningful person-centered activity sessions and events.
• Budget, order and manage the various items of stock.
• Implement and maintain an efficient stock control system.
• Assess the skill mix required to ensure that activity and staff levels reflect the service user’s individual needs.
• Ensure all employment programmes are implemented by the staff team.
• Actively promote the principles of choice, community participation, dignity and respect.
• To provide a diverse range of enabling and support for service users, which promotes inclusivity and assists those people to achieve their potential.
• To assist the Manager in implementing the day service element of individual plans for service users.
• To provide the above in accordance with agreed Company objectives, standards, policies and procedures and in compliance with all relevant legislation.
• To identify and establish suitable opportunities, taking into consideration the principles and philosophies of the Company outcomes and initiating procedures for exercising choice, respect, rights and independence for service users.
• To work alongside the team in devising and monitoring individual outcomes in order to assist people we support in meaningful supported activities / sessions.
• To ensure the safe storage and use of all drugs and medication within the service.

Candidates must have experience in:

• Supervising a team within a social care setting.
• Designing, managing and covering large rotas.
• Leading on the arranging and managing of Person-centered reviews.
• Managing and supervising a designated team of support workers.

About Keys Group

Keys Group supports over 2,500 individuals across England and Wales through its three divisions: Accomplish, providing specialist residential, supported living, and accommodation for adults with learning disabilities, autism, mental health needs, and brain injuries; Keys, offering education and care for children and families through schools, children’s homes, supported accommodation, and family assessment centres; and Peak, delivering indoor and outdoor adventure activities across four UK centres, including bespoke education programs and confidence-building activities like bushcraft, climbing, and canoeing.

Apply now and one of our team will be in touch to discuss how you can begin your rewarding career - No agencies please

 Please note that due to the vulnerable nature of the people that we support, all applicants must be over the age of 18

Keys Group are very proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant that means we have made a commitment to welcoming service personnel, veterans and military families into the group. We are delighted to have veteran friendly policies, offer a Veterans Peer Support Network within our teams and are able to offer Military Awareness and support to our colleagues.

As part of our commitment, we will offer a guaranteed interview to current and former service personnel providing that they meet the criteria of the role that they are applying for. If you feel that you meet the criteria for this, please ensure that you have your military experience detailed on your CV for one of our resourcing team to get in touch.

*Dependent on qualifications

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