Activities Organiser

Activities Organiser

Salary - £12.94 per hour

Hours – 1 x 30 hour per week

Location – Derwent Hub, Matlock

About us

emh care & support help people to live enjoyable, independent lives.

Our care and support day services in the Derbyshire Dales and NE Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire offer daytime support and occupation to adults with learning disabilities and/ or autism. We are a flexible service built on people’s interests and offer a wide range of activities and support that make a difference to the people using our services and the wider community

The role

We are now recruiting Activities Organiser roles for our services in the Derbyshire Dales, based in Matlock and Bakewell, helping us provide high standards of care and support for service users with a learning disability and/ or autism, in line with care and support plans and the organisation’s policies and procedures.

The Activities Organiser role will involve facilitating/ supporting a wide range of activities and experiences with people, promoting individual rights and personal dignity, while providing people with every opportunity for physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual development.

Applicants will be able to work between 8.30 am and 4pm weekdays and we are considering recruiting part and full time staff.

The ideal candidate

The successful candidate will be an effective communicator with good administrative and organisational skills. Experience in providing practical support and training to people and experience working with adults with learning difficulties and/or autism would be advantageous. But most of all we want to hear from people that a curious about people and want to help connect them with the things they love doing.

TA knowledge and awareness of equal opportunities and the need to maintain a high level of confidentiality are essential.

Our values

Our Values are important to us and we’re looking for people who can help live our Values of Integrity, Diversity, Openness, Accountability, Clarity and Excellence.

Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we get enough applicants so would encourage and early application.

Company Benefits

Our generous package includes:

• Pension Plan
• Flexible working
• A wide range of training and development opportunities (we are an Investors in People accredited organisation).

“We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application”

We ask all candidates to evidence their right to work status during the recruitment process. Please click here for a list of Sponsor Licence holders in the UK and information on the types of roles that are eligible for sponsorship.

emh care & support is part of emh which provides affordable homes and related care and support services to communities across the East Midlands.

Enabling better lives is at the heart of everything we do. We help vulnerable people live an enjoyable, independent life by advocating on their behalf or by providing activities, support, care, and housing that matches their needs.

We also provide diverse housing and supported living services to a range of people whose circumstances have made their lives or their housing vulnerable, such as teenage parents, older people, and homeless people.

The people we support can access daytime activities through an exciting programme that takes place at venues across Derbyshire. We also work with the community, such as universities and doctors, to provide better access to information for our client groups.