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Activities Coordinator

2 months ago

Nottingham, United Kingdom Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic individual to join the Hercules CAMHS PICU 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 young people with mental health issues, which will require you to be creative in your approach, dynamic in understanding and assessing risk and developing ideas in engaging young people 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, Occupational Therapist Nursing and wider Therapy team.

Main duties of the job

Under the guidance of a registered Occupational Therapist (OT) and the Ward Manager you will be expected to assist in the delivery of therapeutic activities for young people. This will include a range of creative social and physical activities, to be carried out in the ward environment and the local community.

As part of your role you will be required to use your own resourcefulness, engage, form rapport and motivate people to participate in activities.

Candidates should be respectful, non-judgemental, creative and have good communication and problem solving skills, Experience of working with people with a mental health need is desirable although not essential.

Supervision will be provided for the role and you will link into an Activity Co-coordinators network to gain opportunities for support and training.

About us

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the uploaded job description. Further details regarding the essential criteria can be found in the person specification.

For further details / informal visits contact: Sarah-Jane Taylor

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Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a health, social care or education setting Experience of working with individuals with mental health problems or learning disabilities

Desirable

Experience of working with people presenting with challenging or risky behaviour. Experience of providing a range of activities to others. Experience of working within a team and/or lone working.

Qualifications

Essential

GCSE English and Mathematics or equivalent

Desirable

Study undertaken in relation to vocational or creative medias Practical skills in gardening, cooking, woodwork, vocational opportunities, life skills or other activities Existing Care Certificate

Skills

Essential

Good communication skills - both verbal and written Good interpersonal skills Experience of facilitating group work Excellent time management skills - ability to prioritise and organise

Desirable

Experience of working with CYP with mental illness Practical Skills in vocational activities

Knowledge

Essential

Basic awareness of mental health illnesses. Understanding of the patient group on Hercules CAMHS PICU

Desirable

Knowledge of CYP mental health Understanding of the Mental Health Act Understanding of Occupational Therapy Knowledge of a variety of creative or vocational skills Understanding of Safeguarding Knowledge of the local area and resources.

Training

Essential

Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training that will enhance service delivery

Physical requirements

Essential

Has the physical ability to perform the range of duties described in the job description

Skills

Essential

Ability to adapt activities to meet the needs of the patients Good communication skills both verbal and written Good interpersonal skills Group work skills or previous experience of facilitating groups Self-motivated and able to motivate others Ability to cope effectively with a challenging environment and the impact of this, able to seek support as required Ability to follow instruction and work under instruction, to be able to challenge appropriately when needed To be able to positively role model to junior staff, colleagues, students and patients To be able to show leadership skills where required Ability to work on own initiative and lone work under appropriate policy and guidance Ability to work within a team Excellent time management skills Ability to observe, share and record interventions Demonstrate a specific interest and skills related to designated area Be able to work within budget limitations and manage resources

Desirable

Practical skills in vocational activities Previous experience of activity provision mothers and their babies Experience of working with CYP a severe mental illness

Contractual Requirements

Essential

Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service (including unsocial hours and bank holidays)

Values and Behaviours

Essential

All colleagues are expected to demonstrate at interview that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation

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