About the role

Sessional Activity Coordinator

Service: Wiltshire Community Support and Outreach Service (Mill Race)

Salary: £12.71 per hour

Location: Marden House, Calne, Wiltshire SN11 0JJ, with some work out in the community e.g. in libraries, public swimming baths, leisure centres and other venues will be required.

Hours: Sessional hours - As and when required, to cover staff annual leave and absence. Hours of service Monday/Tuesday/Thursday and Friday 09:30-16.30.

Contract: Sessional basis

Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.

We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.

This is an exciting opportunity for you to be part of an innovative service for adults with learning disabilities, who may also have mental health needs or autism. You will be part of a small team providing activities for customers to develop life skills and meet individual outcomes.

Main Responsibilities:
• To work in conjunction with the team to contribute and plan daily activities to a high-quality standard and in-line with the service monthly calendar.
• To support in activities, engage with and support customers with their learning needs on an individual basis when required.
• To be responsible for overseeing and keeping updated daily customer records.
• Engaging with the customers each day ensuring that they obtain the correct level of support to meet their individual needs and in accordance with their individual plans.
• Take responsibility for key customers as a Key Worker for assigned individuals.

Main Requirements (for full details, check the job description and person specification):
• To pro-actively research, organise, facilitate and implement a range of individual, paired and group activities, within and outside of the Centre, which promote each customer’s independence and choice. With appropriate support, make recommendations or decisions for customers within established policy and procedures; for example, to ensure full coverage of the ‘I am’ statements
• To liaise with other agencies, when required, dealing with a range of complex enquiries in the absence of the Service Manager and/or Senior Support Officer, as and when agreed.
• To participate in staff meetings, supervision, yearly appraisal system and identified training required for the role, including eLearning, safeguarding and GDPR, demonstrating personal responsibility for your own, continuous professional
• To be alert and aware of issues or incidents concerning customers and report these to the Service Manager, or Senior Support Officer in her absence. To record all concerns and update the relevant customer Safeguarding records
• Appointments are subject to Family Action’s pre-employment checks, including receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service – ADULTS ENHANCED DBS LEVEL

Benefits:
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- eye care and winter flu jabs vaccines
- cycle to work scheme
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities

We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.

To Apply:
• Click the ‘Apply’ link below and fill out our digital application form
• Closing Date: Advertised on a rolling basis, we will be assessing applications as they come through and organising interviews accordingly.

Interviews are scheduled to take place on at a mutually convenient time however will be in person at the service

For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email: mandy.donovan@family-action.org.uk

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community / particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support.

All candidates with a disability are welcome to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and request priority consideration for an interview, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role.
To help remove financial barriers to working with us, we will reimburse travel costs if you are invited to attend an interview in person.

*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale, or there are any other exceptional reasons.