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Activities Coordinator Job Vacancy
Activities Coordinator Job Vacancy
Job Description
Hours: 37 hours per week
Pay scale: starting salary £21k
Place of work: 4 Bagley Wood Road, Kennington, OXON, OX1 5PL
Reporting to: Operations Manager
Aims of the post:
- To coordinate and develop the provision of positive activities, information and
rehabilitation opportunities within Oxford Head Injury Services’s Activity and Rehabilitation
Centre (ARC) for those affected by brain injury. - To assist management in the continued development and improvement of these
services.
Tasks and Responsibilities
1. To work with individuals/family/carers and professionals to generate personalised
‘support plans’ that reflect the needs and wants of individuals with acquired brain
injury and assist in their rehabilitation and independence.
2. To organise activity programmes that reflect the identified needs of individuals
with ABI.
3. To be responsible for ensuring that activities are safely delivered, and that health
and safety policy is adhered to.
4. To ensure the safety of all service users by completing accurate risk
assessments and by following safeguarding procedures when necessary.
5. To attend Allocations meetings and co-ordinate the incoming referrals for support
planning and activity programmes.
6. To sign post to other organisations or agencies, that may benefit the rehabilitation
or independence of individuals with ABI.
7. To develop programmes of work/activities that support the rehabilitation of those
with ABI.
8. To sign post individuals to other elements of OHIS’s support services as required
and appropriate
9. To liaise with OHIS’s therapy services and co-ordinate referrals into these
services in line with individuals support plans and rehabilitation needs
10. To keep accurate and timely records of all clients seen, visits made and
outcomes, both written and on Oxford Head Injury Services’s database as required.
11. To write department reports as required.
12. To attend regular supervision sessions with manager and attend Headway
Oxfordshire staff meetings.
13. Other duties as required by line manager.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria Desirable Criteria
Experience of working with people with Social work or nursing qualification or
a disability in a paid, volunteer or carer equivalent
capacity
Experience in organising meaningful Experience of working with people with
activities aimed at improving individual’s a brain injury
life skills
Experience of writing support plans Experience of advice work, advocacy or
and/or working to support plan counselling
outcomes
Experience of working with challenging Qualifications in people or project
behaviours in group and/or 1-1 settings management
Experience of leading and/or Knowledge of voluntary sector
supervising others
Excellent interpersonal skills Good IT skills
Ability to communicate at all levels,
verbally and in writing
Ability to organise own workload
Commitment to equal opportunities
To apply, please contact us
Closing date for is 5pm Friday 11th September
We’re Reopening: Welcome back!
We’re Reopening: Welcome back!
What a whirlwind the last few months have been. Since lockdown was announced on 23rd March, the Oxford Head Injury Services team has been rapidly responding to the challenges and striving to meet your needs as best we can. Our Digital and Telephone support service was welcomed by many over this period and this will be an offer we continue to make to those who can’t or don’t want to return to our face to face services quite yet.
In response to the latest national and local Government advice and guidance, we are excited and relieved to announce the reopening of the Activity and Rehabilitation Centre (ARC) on Tuesday 4th August, with centre based day services returning to the usual timetable from that date (until further notice). We’re really looking forward to welcoming you back and seeing you again!
Your Health and Safety Comes First
It will be clear to everyone that the coronavirus has become part of all of our lives and something we are going to have to learn to live with and work around. However, this does not mean that everyone will feel the same way or have the same needs to return to the ARC. We appreciate that some may wish/need to continue to isolate and therefore will not wish to return yet. This doesn’t have to affect your placement within the ARC, which can be held for you until you feel able to return. For these Service Users, we will also be maintaining our present digital and telephone support service, which we encourage you to access and utilise as much as possible.
There will be other individuals and carers who may have other pressures or concerns for their health and wellbeing and therefore will benefit from returning to the ARC. With you in mind, Oxford Head Injury Services has undertaken risk assessments of all aspects of our service delivery to ensure that we have considered and mitigated as much of the identified risk as possible. This includes risks to Service Users, staff and the organisation as a whole. We have implemented a number of changes to our normal processes and procedures with your safety in mind. It is essential that we all work together to minimise risk.