Activity Coordinator and Employability Officer

Activity Coordinator and Employability Officer

37.5 hours per week (inclusive of shift work over a 7 day period)

We have a fabulous opportunity for you to join our team as an Activity Coordinator & Employability Officer, at our supported living services based in Portslade near Brighton.

The service specialises in providing accommodation and support to people who have a mental health diagnosis and / or other disabilities. The people we support may also have a history of, or ongoing issues with substance misuse and alcohol abuse and experience of trauma.

The role of the Activity Coordinator and Employability Officer is to guide and enable the people we support to develop and engage in independent living and life enhancing skills, improve their employability skills and pursue voluntary and paid employment. You will be expected to work in partnership with the specialised employability services in the region. You will be involved in a variety of tasks and be well skilled in supporting individuals to seek appropriate welfare and benefit support. The main purpose of your role and efforts will be to support people to become and feel valued members of the local community. In your day to day activity you will be able to provide practical and emotional support to the people who use our service so that they feel empowered to make positive choices such as finding employment/accessing further Education/ Training and be able to move to long term accommodation etc.

You will be involved in a variety of tasks to support individuals including liaising with and / or accompanying individuals to meetings with external agencies like healthcare, probation teams, mental health/ recovery teams, psychiatric consultants and other clinicians. Your support will encompass a variety of tasks including medication management, support with personal care, and support with day-to-day living skills, and some quality compliances and governance.

Desirable Criteria:

- Previous experience as an activity coordinator and / or employability officer
- Demonstrate ongoing pursuit of knowledge in the education and employability sector for vulnerable adults, in order to enhance your personal credibility in support of your service delivery
- Able to explore, identify and secure employment opportunities suitable for the individual profile of the people we support
- Able to successfully present work placement programmes and opportunities to people we support
- Spend individual time with residents, care staff and relatives to create personalised activities that engage our residents and reflect their interest and hobbies
- Experiencing of working with people with different needs
- Experience of working with mental health and other disabilities
- Experience of working with substance misuse and rehabilitation
- A desire to support individuals to improve their quality of life outcomes
- Good communication skills, be approachable and people-friendly
- Good written communication skills
- Ability to support individuals to be safe and enable them to be independent
- Ability to multi-task and liaise with a multi-agency network to support clients
- QCF Level 2 and above

Benefits and Rewards:

- Annual leave entitlement of 33 days (pro-rata) including bank and public holidays
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Auto Enrolment Pension Scheme
- Health Cash Plan
- Bike to Work Scheme
- We are an equal opportunities employer
- Excellent training and development opportunities

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £25,350.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Cycle to work scheme
- Referral programme
- Wellness programme

Schedule:

- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift

Work Location: One location

Reference ID: MH&LD - Brighton