Job Title: Programme Facilitator (Daycare) – (Temporary Post – 9 to 12 months)
Location: Mainstay DRP – Cumulus One – Community Hub
(Please note that all team members may be subject to
transfer between locations according to client’s needs)
Accountable to: Registered Manager of the service
Reports to: Senior of the service
Hours of work: 30 hours per week
(Work includes irregular hours e.g. daytime, evenings, weekends)
Salary: £12.53 per hour
As well as working every day in a fulfilling career, we also offer –
- Comprehensive training aligned to NISCC
- Support to gain market-leading qualifications
- Mentoring and on the job training from our experienced team members
- Auto enrolment pension
- Free parking on all of our sites
- Refer-a-friend bonus of £200
- Team Welfare Fund – Offering a loan of up to £500
- Employer funded Healthcare scheme (which includes savings on high street retail outlets and gym membership)
Annual Leave: 20 days per annum (plus an additional 3 days following 5 years’ service) with 8 Bank Holidays per year.
Job Purpose:
To work in partnership with Day Services Management & the Community Hub Team, including, families and external professionals to develop and implement individual daycare & evening programmes which respond to the specific needs of each service user and are in line with Health and Safety. Monitor and review programmes and make necessary changes depending on the needs of the service users.
Job Activities:
• Develop new programmes for our service users which will enhance their
daily living skills, independence, health and wellbeing
• Monitor and review programmes to continuously improve them, and
ensuring they are aligned to the needs of our service users.
• To identify any new risks within programmes, mitigate the risks involved
and then report your actions to your line manager for review and formal
update of risk assessment.
• Act as a keyworker for individual service users and keep records in line
with organisational and legislative requirements.
• Assist with the organising of reviews for allocated service users.
• Support service users with daily living skills, to include finance, cleaning,
cooking, social and communication skills, health and wellbeing, and
facilitate learning in these areas
• Participate in involving service users in recreational, vocational and social
activities through talking to them, taking them out, where appropriate, to
locations outside the centre, sharing in activities such as reading, writing,
hobbies and interests.
• Accurately maintain all records and administration in line with our policies
and procedures, including using our online care logging system, and
providing effective handover information to team members
• Adhere to all health and safety requirements in the fulfilment of the role
• Report, record and escalate incidents, accidents and complaints
appropriately and in good time, in line with our policies and procedures
• Support our service users with things like eating, drinking, personal care,
and mobility as may be required and in line their support plans and best
practice
• Assist in the administration of medication to service users as required and
in line with our Policies and Procedures
• Help fundraise for the organisation while promoting our charity and meet
contractual agreements.
• Adhere to all health and safety requirements in the fulfilment of the role,
such as Fire Protection, Safeguarding adults at risk.
• Take part in the collection and distribution of money from our central
office to your working location
• Uphold the Mainstay DRP Code of Professional Conduct, in your role as a
NISCC registered health and social care professional
• Actively participate in supervisions with your manager and develop your
skills in required areas
• Actively and positively participate in regular team meetings
• Attend training events and courses as required in the fulfilment of your
role. Training sessions could be arranged week days or weekends
depending on needs of service.
• Maintain annual registration with the NISCC
Skills you will need
You will need to be able to develop a strong and trusting relationship with the person you are supporting and enjoy helping them to live life the way they choose. Your role is not to make decisions for them, but to help them live an independent life.
A Programme Facilitator needs to be –
• Highly motivated, and committed to delivering service excellence
• Commitment to personal and professional development
• Can develop an approach to practice based on critical thinking, reflection and
feedback
• Have the capacity and self-confidence to innovate
• Non-judgemental, with ability to empathise with clients
• Honest, trustworthy and respectful
• Possess cultural awareness and sensitivity
• Flexible, energetic, positive and calming disposition
• Resilient and self-caring
What we need from you
• Remember you are a professional Social Care worker and have signed up to the
NISCC code of Standards and Practice
• To be punctual and demonstrate a strong teamwork ethic
• That you always act in a professional way
• Dedicate your time at work to supporting our clients
• Support your shift leader, team leader, senior and Managers to deliver a first
class service for our clients and service users
• Partake in training to ensure personal and professional development and
maintain the required level of training compliance
• Follow all Heath and Safety guidelines
• Take responsibility for your work
• Share your skills and knowledge to support the organisations ongoing
development
Essential Criteria
1. Able to display a skill that you can share with our service users, as part of the
Community Hub Programme, such as Music, Pod Casting, Cookery, Sport, Beauty, Art,
Gardening, Drama etc. (The list is endless)
2. Able to solely research, solely source, solely organise & solely co-ordinate a
variety of other beneficial programmes for our service users, which means liaising
with service users, external services & agencies & external independent facilitators to
create future programmes, within budget & in line with our Finance policies &
procedures.
3. Have Experience in risk assessment & be able to create & implement new risk
assessments for service users & events.
4. A good standard of education, with good numeracy and literacy skills, as well
as basic ICT skills
5. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
6. Positive attitude
7. Ability to work under pressure
8. A strong team worker
9. Able to support service users to develop life skills.
10. Be able to work towards outcomes & record these outcomes on a variety of
outcome stars.
11. Motivated to work in a challenging, fast paced environment, but extremely
fulfilling & caring environment, working with adults with learning disabilities, learning
difficulties, mental health conditions, dementia & Autism.
Desirable Criteria
• NVQ Level 2 in Care or Equivalent qualifications (or willingness to work
towards), or suitable experience
• NVQ level 3 in Care or Equivalent qualifications
• Experience of co-ordinating programmes for groups of people
• Experience of working with people who have a learning disability and/or
autism
• Full and Valid UK Driving License (or access to suitable transport to allow
you to for fill the duties of the role)
NOTE This position is subject to an Enhanced Access NI check. Copies of the relevant
policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders as well as the Access NI Code of Practice are
available on request. Please note that having a criminal record will not necessarily be a
bar to obtaining a position with Mainstay
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