Activities Co-ordinator

The role
We are looking for an Activities Co-Ordinator to join our Care & Independent Living team here at Southern Housing! This role is permanent, working 30 hours per week at our Green Meadows scheme at Freshwater, Isle of Wight

In this role, you will lead and coordinate service events and encourage the involvement of our residents. You will work with residents to provide choice and assist them to access day activities.

This role will undertake regular moving and handling and you will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check.

For this role, you must have the use of a personal vehicle

What you’ll be doing:

Work with residents to provide choice and assist them to access day activities
Undertake regular review of day activity services
Encourage the recruitment of volunteers to day activity services
Liaise with residents to source activities and events
Coordinate and attend community events and meetings as required
Support to provide a responsive Wellbeing service to residents if required
Responsible for ensuring the delivery of activities that promotes independence, rights, choices and inclusion in the community
Maintaining and developing professional relationships
What you’ll have:

You will have a proven understanding of the specific requirements of people with care needs
You need to have proven knowledge of Health & Safety appropriate to the post
You need to have knowledge of day services and activities for people with support and care needs
You need to have proven knowledge and awareness of local services including community and social groups
You need to be able to listen and communicate effectively and form positive relationships at all levels
You need to have excellent written and oral communication skills, at all levels, and have good numeracy and literacy skills
You need to have empathy, compassion and patience
Benefits in working with us:

A competitive hourly rate
Generous holiday entitlement
Job security and career progression opportunities
An enhanced DBS check, paid for by us
A great pension scheme
Full training provided at no additional cost, as well as discounted Ferry and Fastcat travel
Employee referral scheme – get rewarded for referring your friends!
Eligible for Blue Light discounts!
Rest assured, that working with us will empower you to be you, with a real sense of purpose and pride in everything you do.

About us
At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own! We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people’s lives.

A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.