Wellbeing Facilitator

We have an exciting opportunity which has arisen for a Band 3 Wellbeing facilitator working within the Occupational Therapy department at the Wells Road Centre.The Wells Road Centre is part of the Low secure and Community Forensic Directorate. The post is to have specific links with the 5 inpatient wards where you will facilitate and co-facilitate structured day activities under guidance from an Occupational Therapist.

You will work 37.5 hours per week this includes working alternate weekends.The role will require you to be managed by the OT Team leader and to liaise closely with the Occupational Therapists.

We ask that you have the enthusiasm, and motivation to engage and inspire patients, supporting them through their recovery and provide opportunities to participate in structured activity.

You must have the ability to facilitate structured day activities on the wards which may include creative activities for example music and art, have cooking skills, to support and provide opportunities for patients to access leisure and recreational pursuits-board games, bingo and to identify and co-produce other structured activities. The role also provides scope for you to support patients to access resources in the community. The role includes the opportunity to work with animals including goats, ducks, chickens, rabbits and our 2 resident cats on our Spinney meadow site. You must show a good level of confidence and able to adapt. The role also includes working within the unit coffee bar and shop which provides a valuable social space for the patients from all the wards. Importantly you need to have the ability to work as part of a team and to follow instructions from qualified Occupational Therapists and Technical instructors.

We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.

We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.

Do you want to make a difference?

Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?

Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career. Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people - our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.

Minimum of GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English.

Effective communication and positive interpersonal skills Awareness of professional boundaries and positive role modelling.

Experience of working in a health setting
Motivated and committed to work in mental health.
Experience of using own initiative.
Experience of working as part of a Team
Life experience.
Responsible and caring attitude
Ability to prepare written documentation as requested, relating to patient’s engagement in the structured activity programme or individual activity sessions.

The Nottinghamshire Low Secure & Community Forensic Directorate is a country wide, specialist forensic service and is part of Nottingham Healthcare Trust Forensic Services Division.

The Directorate provides a service to adult men and women who pose a risk of harm to others in the context of their behaviours /mental health.

Our service is underpinned by the concept of ‘Recovery’ which is not simply related to a desire to be ‘cured’ from symptoms but is seen as a process of moving forward in which a person may continue to experience symptoms but is able to focus on the same needs and activities as those without a diagnosis such as housing, work, recreation, education and social inclusion within a context of hope and optimism.