Outreach Activities Coordinator

Job Title: Outreach Activities Coordinator

Location: Enfield, Winchmore Hill. Unfortunately this service does not have step free access

Salary: £30,800 

Shift Pattern: 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:00, you may need to work outside these days/hours as per required for the service.

About the role

Our service provides supported accommodation units for adults with multiple, complex mental health needs. Our residents may be transitioning from inpatient rehabilitation, acute mental health wards, or other residential settings into a structured rehabilitation environment. Our team are here to support our residents with care and rehabilitation to help them to achieve their personal needs and goals.

As an Outreach Activities Coordinator, you will manage the running and coordination of regular activities, events, and trips for our residents which work in support to individual support places and goals, by creating a calendar of activities, celebrations, awareness months/days/weeks and events to encourage social skills and community engagement. You may also support with other external activities such as supporting with attendance to appointments and treatments, whilst using your own knowledge to support and inspire them in being motivated to engage more with various services. 

• Plan and implement a range of therapeutic individual and group work activities, and complete functional assessments, contributing to multi-disciplinary team care planning and risk assessments.
• Coordinate all aspects of promotion, recruitment, and evaluation of activities and programmes. Take on feedback and utilise this for continuous improvement
• Adapt activities/programmes to different learning needs and styles, using different delivery techniques
• Coordinate and advertise internal and external activity and programme opportunities.
• Empower residents to make decisions to take control over their lives, by creating an enabling environment.

About you

We are looking for someone who is compassionate and driven who thrives on supporting others and creating impactful change. 

You will have an understanding of mental health challenges people face and have an understanding of different ways to foster a person-centred approach which supports recovery and outcomes. We are looking for someone who has a genuine care and passion to utilise activities to enable positive outcomes, in a creative way. Ideally, you will have a proven track record in coordinating and delivering engaging activities and programmes, with the ability to develop tailored support plans and appropriate interventions. We are looking for:

• Experience in coordinating and/or delivering activities and programmes with people from various backgrounds
• Experience of working with people who struggle with their mental health
• Ability to influence and negotiate positive outcomes with others
• Ability to work creatively and encourage creativity in others
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• Ability to use, learn and adapt to IT at an intermediate level, including Microsoft and other software programs.
• Ability and willingness to show flexibility of working patterns, responding to the needs of the service and residents
• Excellent interpersonal skills, both written and oral. Ability to form and build effective relationships and rapport with others
• Alignment with our values of Ambition, Empowerment, Inclusivity, and Transparency

Please refer to the JDPS attached for more details on the vacancy and our requirements/key criteria.

What we offer

• 25 days (Full time equivalent) annual leave, increasing with the length of service
• Training and Development, including access to courses, upskilling, and progression plans
• Employee Assistance Programme, including counselling
• Reflective Practice regular sessions with a therapist provided by an external provider to support Mental Health and Wellbeing at work
• Eligibility to register with Blue Light Discount Card
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Annual Staff Awards
• EDI Ambassador programme
• Be part of an organisation which believes good care and support improves lives.
• Join an organisation with a mission to empower people who are marginalised by building powerful partnerships and creative solutions that bridge gaps in provision and aid recovery, reablement and resettlement.

We value and celebrate the unique backgrounds, perspectives and experiences of all of our employees. We have a team of staff ambassadors who volunteer to actively support us in fortifying our organisational value of Inclusivity. They embrace this unique opportunity to deliver awareness, events, and developments to our organisation to support us in ensuring our value of Inclusivity is embedded throughout the organisation. 

SIG actively encourages applications from individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds, particularly lived experience; Naturally, we approach any emerging issues with empathy and sensitivity. 

About Social Interest Group (SIG)

SIG is a not-for-profit organisation providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in residential, drop-in centres, community floating support settings, probation settings, and hospitals. We do so across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, Kent and Liverpool. Our goal is to transform lives through empowering change. 
Want to know how we work? Watch our short Theory of Change video to see how we support people towards a brighter future: Theory of Change Further details can be found on our website here: Theory of Change - Social Interest Group - Social Interest Group. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Please note that this job advert may close early due to screening applications on an ongoing basis. We advise applying as soon as possible for your application to be taken into consideration at the early stages.

Please note that as part of our process, we complete an enhanced DBS check, some roles may require further vetting. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact us on the details below. 

For Recruitment related enquiries, or if you need support with making your application for example due to learning needs or a disability, please email recruitment@socialinterestgroup.org.uk or call our central office on 020 3668 9270 to request a call back. Please note that this will take you through to our Central Administration team, who will then communicate your enquiry with us and we will arrange to call you back. 

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