Activities Co-ordinator
- Perth, Perthshire
- Salary negotiable
- 4 applications
- Job type: Permanent, full-time
- Date:
- Reference: 21172885
Hours: 35
Salary: £6.15 per hour
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title and Code: Activities Co-ordinator
Reporting to: Home Manager
MAIN PURPOSE
To plan and implement activities appropriate to Clients’ needs and requests. To assist Home Manager to organise fundraising events.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
ACTIVITIES
- Help Clients to socialise within the Care Centre, and provide a variety of activities that cater for all tastes.
- Plan and initiate monthly rolling / individual programmes, and encourage Clients to maintain pre-existing hobbies.
- Encourage Staff Members, Relatives and Friends to participate in the Care Centre's activities.
- Accompany Clients, where possible, to off site activities, which may occasionally take place out with normal working hours.
- Assist with fund raising, and budgeting, for entertainments, materials and outings.
COMMUNICATION
- Discuss the aims and objectives of recreation therapy with other Staff Members.
- Report any changes in Clients' physical or emotional condition to the Home Manager or Person in Charge.
- Provide comfort and company, on a one to one basis, for Clients who are unable to undertake any form of activity.
HUMAN RESOURCES (HR)
- Assist the Home Manager when interviewing relevant Volunteers and assistant Staff
- Members, and supervise their work, in line with the Company’s policies and procedures.
MARKETING
- Actively market the Care Centre and promote a positive personal / professional profile within the local community, ensuring the good reputation of the Care Centre at all times.
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
- Ensure all Staff Members know how to use appropriate equipment.
- Attend mandatory training days/courses, on or off site, as and when required.
HEALTH & SAFETY
- Report immediately to the Home Manager, or Person in Charge, any illness of an infectious nature or accident incurred by a Client, colleague, self or another.
- Understand and ensure the implementation of the Care Centre’s Health and Safety policy, and Emergency and Fire procedures.