Kent’s Sporting Memories Project CoordinatorPerson Specification

Competency Essential Desirable

Knowledge

An understanding of the key issues faced by an ageing population / those with memory difficulties.

Basic understanding of the concept of person-centred care.

Basic understanding of the benefitsof reminiscence for older people and those living with dementia.

An interest or knowledge of sport.

An understanding of volunteermanagement and best practice.

Experience

Experience of working with older people or other vulnerable groups.

Experience of supervising volunteers or staff in multiple locations.

Experience of multi-agency working.

Experience of working in a relativelyunsupervised manner and for beingresponsible for organising their own workload and schedule.

Interest in activity based oral history projects and extracting / recording findings.

Can demonstrate experience of group facilitation.

Experience of volunteering.

Experience of recruiting volunteers.

Background in health care.

Experience of activity based oral history projects and extracting / recording findings.

Communication

Good interpersonal, general communication and telephone skills.

Evidence of good IT skills including email and basic office tools.

Ability to produce written reports, case studies and routine communications with minimal assistance.

Evidence of computer skills training.

Record KeepingAbility to oversee collection of regular monitoring & quality evaluation records and health and safety records.

Experience of routine record keeping.

Evidence of project management skills.

Professional Relationships

A strong networker, with experience of developing inter-organisational relationships and partnerships.

Ability to work as part of a team and to initiate, sustain and respond to various people in a range of external professional and community organisations.

Ability to relate purposefully and communicate effectively with people with dementia, other cognitive issues and their carers in a way which shows sensitivity and understanding of their needs.

Supervising SkillsAbility to supervise and lead volunteers in facilitating tasks.

Experience of providing line management within a team structure.

OtherFull driving licence and access to a vehicle during working time.

Ability to work from home with online access.