Activity Coordinator
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Job summary
Do you enjoy games, sports and activities of all descriptions? Are you interested in working with people to provide meaningful activity and structure to their day to enhance wellbeing and support their recovery.
We want an activity coordinator that can plan, provide and engage our service users in activities of all kinds, that prevents boredom and presents ways in which people can fill their days in a meaningful way. To work primarily with service users, but also be part of the ward team providing holistic care.
Main duties of the job
If you are creative in your approach, have a positive energy and enthusiasm, bring a flexible and adaptive style to your work we want to hear from you.
If you are interested, we would love to hear from you, or if you just want to know more about this role, please give us a call for an informal chat.
About us: Saxon Ward is an 18 bedded Male Acute Inpatient Ward serving the Southampton area. We are committed to further developing our service to provide excellent and collaborative care with our service users, through participation in activity, recovery and gaining feedback of the service user experience.
About us
Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?We want to meet you!
Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.
Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.
Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:
- Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
- We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
- We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.
Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.
Details
Date posted
19 September 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£22,816 to £24,336 a year Based on full time hours
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
348-SOU-C-2618
Job locations
Antelope House
Brintons Terrace
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 0YG
Employer details
Employer name
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Antelope House
Brintons Terrace
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 0YG
Employer's website
https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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