Activity Co-Ordinator

As Activity Co-Ordinator you will have responsibility to make and develop friendships which require support and build connections to enable participation in community-based leisure activities. It will be your role to plan and match activities with individuals in line with their identified interests such as shopping; bowling; going to the cinema; computers; arts and crafts etc. You will be assisted by volunteers and peer buddies. You will be responsible for the monitoring of all one to one friendships and recording all interactions and engagements. Main Responsibilities: To provide ongoing support and guidance to participants in the planning of their friendship activities; To ensure participants receive appropriate assessment, training and encouragement to develop friendship skills to build and maintain friendships and social relationships; Ensure participants are assisted to take part and integrate fully into their local communities. To develop productive working relationships with both the general public, local community organisations and businesses; Ensure a safe and clean environment is maintained at all times within the project through adherence to and in accordance with legislative requirement and company policy; Monitoring & evaluation of individual relationships, friendships maintained and other indicators or project milestones. To organise weekly social opportunities for participants; Ensure confidentiality is maintained at all times. Specific Duties: Support: Provide support to participants & supporting them in the design and production of their activities; Organising weekly social opportunities and activities for all project participants; Organising monthly social events for small groups of individuals with more complex needs; Planning and managing the delivery of all group social activities; Supporting individuals to create, maintain and develop one to one friendships and matching them into buddy pairs as needed; To prepare and assist in the preparation and design of materials, guidelines and other documentation relevant to the project and the delivery of same to the participants Health and Safety: To risk assess activities within organisational guidelines; To be responsible for safe and tidy work practices within the office and externally; Notify the Project Manager of any incidents or accidents and ensure appropriate records are kept. Administration: General office duties including answering the telephone and dealing with enquiries relating to the project; Responsibility for appropriate record keeping and reporting relating to the project; Maintain administrative records with regards to the safe handling of petty cash; Attendance at CAN staff meetings as necessary; To take part in promotional events, press interviews, seminars and training days as appropriate; Maintain project attendance and financial records; To act as first point of contact for Best Buddies enquiries regarding information, correspondence or services; To report to the Project Manager on individual/project progress through Evide Social Impact Tracker and RAG (Red, Amber & Green) reports. General duties: To respect the confidentiality of all information received as a result of the post holder duties; Any other reasonable duties at the discretion of the line manager. Skills: Family Services Disability care Person centred care Assisting the Community