Join the team at Gregory House in Workington as an Occupation and Wellbeing Associate and establish, deliver and coordinate programmes and activities focused on self-care, leisure and day-to-day life skills to support service users build a brighter future.
You will be working 40 hours a week at Gregory House, a service for adults with mild and moderate-to-severe learning disability/autism with mental health needs

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

Supporting the Occupational Therapy team, you will assist in developing links with the local community to support service users engage in community-based activities, which will develop skills and routines that promote positive physical and mental wellbeing.
You will create individual rapports with service users within a 1-to-1 and group setting as you use your technical and creative skills to assist in providing a person-centred programme through therapeutic interventions. You will prepare, risk assess and implement a range of activities as well as contribute to gathering assessment information.
At Gregory House, a range of CPD and training opportunities are available that can see your career grow and you achieve your aspirations.

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL NEED:

• Care certificate or the willingness to undertake a similar qualification
• Ability to motivate and engage service users
• Ability to build and maintain therapeutic relationships
• Delivering groups and 1-1 enrichment activities
• Full UK driving licence is desirable