Activity Co-ordinator

Job summary

As an activities coordinator you are expected to deliver a range of recreational activities which are accessible and therapeutically valuable for the service users as they progress through their journey of recovery.

Within your role you will help to develop and support service users in programmes of physical and creative activities, facilitate group and individual sessions while promoting self-occupation and autonomous activities. Through your activities you will provide a sense of enjoyment, satisfaction, and growth in self esteem of service users and in doing so instil the importance of activities for mental health and wellbeing

Ideally, we are looking for each activity coordinator to cover 5 days per week, afternoons - evenings (including weekends). However, some flexibility can be offered.

If you are a person and patient-centred, passionate, and dedicated individual, who can demonstrate you have the right skills, knowledge and ability to undertake this role, then we would like to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

To deliver a range of recreational activities which are accessible and meaningful to service users / young people in order to:

*help individuals exercise choice in how to structure their time

*provide a sense of enjoyment and satisfaction

*offer opportunity to take part in current interests or develop new ones and therefore contribute to their own recovery.

To develop and support service users / young people to engage in programmes of physical and creative activity meeting the needs of service users / young people of varying functional and physical ability.

To engage service users / young people, across the unit, in group or individual sessions. Working as part of the nursing team, to contribute to a 7 day programme which includes evenings.

To encourage and support service users / young people with self-occupation and autonomous activity.

To support service users / young people during their treatment in hospital by instilling the importance of activity for mental health and offering emotional and functional support when required.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Southfield

Tatchbury Mount, Calmore

Southampton

Hampshire

SO40 2RZ

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Southfield

Tatchbury Mount, Calmore

Southampton

Hampshire

SO40 2RZ

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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