Occupation and Wellbeing Associate

Join the team at Ann House in Kendal as an Occupation and Wellbeing Associate and establish, deliver, and coordinate programmes and activities focused on self-care, leisure and day-to-day life skills to support service users build a brighter future.

You will be working 40 hours a week at Ann House, a service for men and women 18 years and over who have been given a primary diagnosis of a learning disability, and/or autism, and complex mental health needs.

**What you will be doing**

Supporting the Occupational Therapy team, you will assist in developing links with the local community to support service users engage in community-based activities, which will develop skills and routines that promote positive physical and mental wellbeing.

You will create individual rapports with service users within a 1-to-1 and group setting as you use your technical and creative skills to assist in providing a person-centred programme through therapeutic interventions. You will prepare, risk assess and implement a range of activities as well as contribute to gathering assessment information.

At Ann House, a range of CPD and training opportunities are available that can see your career grow and you achieve your aspirations.

**As a Occupational and Wellbeing Associate, you will be**:

- Developing and demonstrating an understanding of activity analysis and graded interventions, with support from the Occupational Therapist
- Coordinating a timetable of meaningful activities for the residents
- Working with residents/support staff/ family members to obtain information relating to social and recreational interests
- Ensuring that the appropriate environment and equipment is available to carry out identified activities
- Completing Interest, Community Skills, Road Safety Skills, cooking checklists & feedback to Occupational Therapist

**To be successful in this role, you will need**:

- Care certificate or the willingness to undertake a similar qualification
- Ability to motivate and engage service users
- Ability to build and maintain therapeutic relationships
- Delivering groups and 1-1 enrichment activities
- Full UK driving licence is desirable

**Where you will be working**:
**Location**: Ann Street, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 6AA

You will be working at Ann House, a Learning Disability and Autism service which provides care and support to 16 adults who have a learning disability and/or mental health needs.

Ann House provides a specialist provision with enhanced levels of support which allows people with continuing challenging behaviour and high support needs to be cared for in the least restrictive setting possible, but within a service which is robust and structured enough to meet their ongoing needs and risks.

You will be working alongside a multidisciplinary team to ensure people lead good and meaningful everyday lives, where they have choice and control, accessing mainstream services and facilities, engaging in work and training, in leisure opportunities, hobbies and areas of personal interest. Ann House encourages people to be as independent as possible with the long-term aim of people moving onto a more independent living setting.

**What you will get**:

- Annual Salary of £22,984
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) - plus your birthday off
- Free meals
- Free parking
- Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
- Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
- Pension contribution to secure your future.
- Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
- Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

**About your next employer**:
You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 services across England and Wales, providing four services including: Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is an opportunity for you to grow and move with Elysium.

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