Activities coordinator

2 weeks ago

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, United Kingdom Look Ahead Care Support and Housing Full time

We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Activities Coordinator to join our homelessness and complex needs service in Kensington & Chelsea.

£29,423.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.

Want to feel like you have an exciting future? You'll feel at home here.

The Activities and Move on Coordinator is responsible for managing and promoting Look Ahead's move on pathway across the RBKC complex needs service and also ensuring there is regular activities across all of our services that will not only build on residents' life skills but also enhance co-production within our services. The post holder will be responsible for sourcing accommodation in the private rented sector - liaising with landlords and sourcing new move on routes for resident. The post holder will also be responsible for sourcing funding for activities both internal an externally and working with residents across our services to ensure that the activities ran are done so in a co-produced way. This will also involve liaising with and establishing relationships with agencies outside of the organisation with whom we can form joint working relationships that will help with us developing life skills and enhancing the residents experience when it comes to co-produced activities available to participate in within our services.

All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.

What you'll do:

Facilitate and lead on activities across all of our services
Ensure there is clear communication across all forms with residents , staff and external agencies about ongoing activities both in and out of our services
Source funding for activities both internally and eternally
Ensure that residents are regularly consulted to gage their interests in the types of activities we promote
Develop and design activities that will target development of residents life skills whilst in our services
Promote and encourage resident participation in all activities and creating opportunities that will ensure activities are co-produced
Develop and create a calendar around planned activities that will ensure ongoing staff involvement and participation
Develop links with private sector landlords and estate agents in order to source private rented stock and promote Look Ahead as a partner organisation
Work in partnership with the local authority move on co-ordinator, creating innovative schemes to support long stayers in accommodation
Attend and complete all relevant documentation for placement review meetings
Maintain accurate records of service utilisation

For the full job description please see our website.

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead

About you:

Is highly motivated and a self-starter
Enjoys managing and motivating others
Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
Is essentially customer-focused
Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
Is able to advertise and promote activities in a way that will lead to engagement
Is excellent at working with others and working in a co-produced way
Is creative and able to put creative ideas into action
Is naturally well organised and able take practical steps towards objectives
Is passionate and enthusiastic about his/her career and job experiences

For the full job description please see our website.

What you'll bring:

Essential:

Has relevant sector work experience
Demonstrable experience of supporting vulnerable adults with Learning Disabilities

Desirable:

Other relevant professional memberships and/or specialist qualifications

About us:

Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 120 services, providing support to around 6000 customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.

We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:

We focus on Excellence and innovation.
We are Caring and Compassionate.
We are Inclusive and Trusted.
We work in Partnership and are One-Team.
Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.

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