Activity Coordinator

We are seeking a friendly and organised Activity Coordinator to join our team at Douglas House. At Douglas house we specialise in supporting people who have varying needs as a result of physical and long-term neurological conditions, including cancer care, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, epilepsy, brain injury, Huntington''s disease, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, Parkinson''s disease, spina bifida and hydrocephalus, and stroke.What You''ll be Doing 1. To develop and run an activity programme to increase service user social interaction, recreation and well-being in a specialist inpatient neurological rehabilitation unit.2. To maximise service users'' opportunities to be active and enhance their quality of life by facilitating group and individual activities, coordinating volunteer workers, organising celebrations, and organising leisure events.3. The post holder will work as a multidisciplinary team member to design an activity programme that contributes positively to service users emotional and psychological well- being and furthers therapeutic goals.Key Responsibilities1. Ensure that a variety of social and leisure activities are available daily to service users.2. Set up the communal areas with activities and TVs with appropriate programs on-check this periodically throughout the day.3. Maintain a full and accurate record of therapeutic activities using the appropriate documentation.4. Organise and coordinate service users and rehab ..... full job details .....