Activities Co-ordinator

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual to join the Redwood 2 team as their new Activity Co-Ordinator.

The role will be full time, Monday to Friday 9-5 however there is some flexibility around this.

The role will be ward based, although there will be times when activities will take place out of the ward environment.

Work will be on a 1:1 and a group basis.

The role works closely with the ward team and also with OT team and Live team.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual to join the Redwood 2 team as their new Activity Co-Ordinator.

The role will involve working with patients on the ward and with the ward therapy and nursing teams to plan and facilitate daily individual and group activity programmes, which provide therapeutic and meaningful social and physical activities, enhancing patient's quality of life and supporting their physical and psychological well-being.

Activities would generally be ward based however there is opportunity to organise and facilitate activities off the ward with patients. The time of work would be flexible, including doing later evenings to facilitate evening activities if this was deemed appropriate, helpful and supportive to patient recovery.

The role will involve working with patients with mental health issues, which will require you to be creative in your approach and ideas in engaging these patients in activity and making these activities meaningful.

You will need to be able to work under your own initiative with guidance from the Ward Manager, Nursing and Therapy team.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.

As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.

Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.

We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.

If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you

TeamNottsHC

To assist in the provision of a varied and ongoing programme of therapeutic social activity for patients (on an individual and group basis).

To maximise the range of therapeutic activity that can be provided to enhance the quality of life of patients.

To work closely with the Ward Manager and Occupational Therapists in identifying new developmental opportunities for complementary and therapeutic activity.