Activities Coordinator

Are you an Activities Coordinator with a considerate and empathetic character looking for a role where you can be a part of meaningful change?  Join The Dean Neurological Centre in Longford and feel valued and supported as you help people build a brighter future. 

Working 37.5 hours a week, you will provide a high standard of individualised patient care/therapy as part of the clinical team. In this role, you will support individuals and assist as necessary with activities of daily living including personal care/therapy, social, emotional, and recreational needs and aspirations.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Building understanding of residents and families likes and preferences
• Facilitating internal group activities
• Facilitating external activities.  From time to time you will be required to use the centre's minibus. The minibus is used for transporting the residents on external activities mainly, but also assisting with getting patients to appointments and on home visits.
• Facilitating 1:1 Activities
• Organising and managing big events
• Organising and managing monthly entertainers
• Organising celebrations for residents special occasions
• Managing activities budgets (includes cash handling and purchasing of goods and services)
• Facilitating residents travelling to community locations
• Participating in the annual Performance Development Review process
• Undertaking reasonable training and development in order to retain and improve upon existing skill

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• NVQ level 2 or prepared to train to this level
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment and independently as required
• Flexibility and adaptability to meet the changing needs of the business
• Demonstrated Customer Service skills
• Basic Computer Skills

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £22,971
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Subsidised meals and free parking
• Wellbeing support and activities
• Career development and training
• Pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity Package

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. 

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally. 

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.