Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Occupational Therapy Activity Worker

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Job summary

Would you like to gain more experience of facilitating activities with people who are experiencing acute mental health difficulties? Are you interested in seeing first-hand how activity can help to promote mental health recovery? Do you enjoy working in a supportive multi-disciplinary team? Then this job is for you! You will be working alongside our ward's Therapy team, as well as independently, in delivering a range of group and 1:1 recreational, creative and social activities.

Woodlands Centre for Acute Care are looking for a Band 3 Activity Worker to join the Multi-disciplinary team to assist patients in their mental health recovery by delivering these activities.

The role is full time 37.5 hours which is shift based including some evening and weekend working.

Main duties of the job

You will be working alongside our ward's Occupational Therapist and independently in planning and facilitating a range of group and 1:1 recreational, creative and social activities. You must be able to plan, promote, deliver and adapt these activities in accordance with the patients' needs, abilities and recovery goals. The successful applicant will have excellent rapport-building and communication skills, be able to work flexibly with a non-judgmental and person-centered approach and, above all, have a compassionate, caring attitude to people who are experiencing mental health difficulties.

Examples include:

Regaining / maintaining / developing Activities of Daily Living (ADL) skills which can decrease during a hospital admission.
Facilitating service users to re-engage / maintain interests and activities in relation to their recovery.
Facilitating engagement in identified purposeful roles, for example vocational activities.
Facilitating service users to achieve occupational goals they have identified.
Facilitating service users' integration into the community.

About us

This post will be based at Woodlands covering both Abbey and Castle ward working with Male and Female patients. In return for your skills and expertise, we can offer you continued training and development, variety, rewarding challenges and the opportunity to work within a friendly and supportive team.

We can offer you the following:

High standards of patient care
Strong established leadership
A collaborative, service user centred approach to care
Continuing personal and professional development including training and supervision
An environment in which innovation is embraced

Date posted

14 December 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

354-AE-20849-C

Job locations

Woodlands

729 The Ridge

St Leonards

TN37 7PT

Job description

Job responsibilities

You must be able to deliver a very high standard of inpatient care, using excellent communication and rapport-building skills in supporting patients with mental health needs. In addition, you must be responsive to the patients needs and choices and uphold their right to be treated with dignity and respect. You must be able to provide activities to groups and individuals to meet their recovery needs. You will be given guidance and support to continuously reflect on, evaluate and develop the therapeutic activities offered on the ward. You will ensure that all the therapeutic areas and the appropriate materials are prepared for use in the activities, continuously monitoring any potential for risk. You must be able to adopt a flexible approach to planning, organising and prioritising your workload. You would be part of a supportive and friendly Multi-disciplinary team. Your skills will be developed through Clinical Supervision and training opportunities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Evidence of a commitment to lifelong learning
Health care or relevant NVQ level 3 or equivalent skills

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

Experience of working with people with mental health needs in a paid or voluntary capacity
Experience of being supervised
Experience running groups/activities
Experience of working as part of a team

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Evidence of a commitment to lifelong learning
Health care or relevant NVQ level 3 or equivalent skills

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

Experience of working with people with mental health needs in a paid or voluntary capacity
Experience of being supervised
Experience running groups/activities
Experience of working as part of a team

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.