Activity Worker

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

The closing date is 29 April 2025

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Job summary

We are looking for a motivated Activity Worker who wants to champion on Recovery focussed, client centred and least restrictive practice in our adult acute mental health inpatient services at Hellesdon Hospital. The suitable candidate will work within a supportive Multi-Disciplinary Team to deliver clinically effective pathways of treatment and intervention. This will include individual and groupwork, and will practice clinically within one of our four acute male and female wards or in the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Hellesdon.

You will be part of a Therapy team which aims is to maintain, restore or create a match between the abilities of the person, the demands of their activities and occupations, and the demands of the environment in order to improve function, promote independence and enhance opportunities for meaningful participation in daily life, whilst working alongside and cooperatively with a skilled MDT.

Main duties of the job

You will help the team deliver a wide range of meaningful actives to people admitted to the inpatient units. All the units benefit from a full MDT who seek to offer evidence-based interventions to enhance recovery, reduce the length of admission, and enhance the person's mental health. The team will greatly value your own unique perspective and contribution and you will be given opportunity and support to champion this role. We will work together to ensure the care is not only outstanding but that the team is well developed and supported.

Supervision, professional development and staff welfare are important to the service and time and support will be available to engage in all these important roles

Our post holder would be able to attend any meetings and training in order to strengthen their understanding of meaningful activities and support you to achieve desired professional goals which will help us deliver an outstanding service to those people and their carers needing our support.

About us

Benefits

Benefits included with this role are:-

  • NHS pension
  • a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
  • career progression
  • starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
  • staff physio service
  • gym membership
  • NHS discounts and many more.

Date posted

16 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

246-CEN7119273

Job locations

Hellesdon Hospital

Drayton High Road

Norwich

NR6 5BE


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of awareness of groups or 1-1 activity interventions

Desirable

  • Experience of working within mental health

Qualifications

Essential

  • Care Certificate - or completion of the Care Certificate within 12 weeks of start date. NVQ L2/3, in H&SC. Diploma L2/3 in H&S Care

Desirable

  • Previous work experience in health/social care setting

Knowledge

Essential

  • Ability to interpret and apply health and social care, organisational and occupational policy

Desirable

  • An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities.
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of awareness of groups or 1-1 activity interventions

Desirable

  • Experience of working within mental health

Qualifications

Essential

  • Care Certificate - or completion of the Care Certificate within 12 weeks of start date. NVQ L2/3, in H&SC. Diploma L2/3 in H&S Care

Desirable

  • Previous work experience in health/social care setting

Knowledge

Essential

  • Ability to interpret and apply health and social care, organisational and occupational policy

Desirable

  • An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Hellesdon Hospital

Drayton High Road

Norwich

NR6 5BE


Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Hellesdon Hospital

Drayton High Road

Norwich

NR6 5BE


Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Occupational Therapist

Debs Agar

deborah.agar@nsft.nhs.uk

07879117709

Date posted

16 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

246-CEN7119273

Job locations

Hellesdon Hospital

Drayton High Road

Norwich

NR6 5BE


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