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Activities Facilitator

Opportunity hosted by: Outreach Community and Residential Services

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Activities Facilitator

Opportunity hosted by: Outreach Community and Residential Services
Description:

This activities facilitator role, involves being imaginative and creative in the person centred creation, planning and facilitation of individual and/or group activities. Current supported community activities include; trips to the cinema, theatre, museums, shopping, art events, parks, zoo’s, swimming, pubs and clubs. Whilst within Outreach, we have cooking evenings, bake offs, Bingo, Karaoke, Quizzes, and mystery evenings.

Tasks may include:
• Creation of innovative & fun activities with service user involvement
• Shadow support to the quality & staff development manager.
• Empowerment of service users in the design and delivery of support
• Assisting service users social and/or cultural needs through activities.
• Empowering service users to attend activities, events, venues, etc.
• Promotion of positive health & wellbeing via activities, I.e. rambling.
• Developing, organising & co-facilitation of activity related workshops.
• Assisting in the recruitment of volunteers for activities and events.
• Organising & co-facilitating service user led activities forums
• Ensuring that service user rights and dignity are maintained.
• Supporting service users in individual and/or collective choices.
• Encouraging all service users to be involved in deciding activities.

What type of activity will volunteers be doing?: Disability, Entertainment, Events, General and Helping, Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health, Other
Where is the opportunity based?: Greater Manchester
Volunteering location accessbility: Clearly marked accessible parking spaces, Accessible toilets, Area for assistance dogs nearby
Availability required:

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What is the duration of the volunteering opportunity?: Long term
Skills and qualifications that may be needed or developed:

In terms of specific qualities and skills for this role, we are looking for:

• Genuine & positive interest in mental health & learning difficulties.
• Punctual and reliable.
• Willing to have fun.
• Be creative, and able to put forward new ideas.
• Be open to and supportive of service user new ideas and concepts.
• Have good listening and communication skills.
• Honest and trustworthy.
• Friendly and approachable.
• Able to communicate well
• Have the ability to act on own initiative, and work as part of a team.
• Have the ability to remain calm in difficult situations.
• Willing to take instruction from appropriate & designated employees.
• Respect all aspects of confidentiality.
• Have the ability to work within boundaries & professional parameters.

This opportunity is suitable for the following groups: All
Is this opportunity suitable for under 18s?: No
Does this opportunuity have gender restrictions?: No
Are out of-pocket expenses covered for volunteers?: Yes