Main area: Older Persons' Mental Health
Grade Band: 3
Contract: 6 months (Fixed term)
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
37.5 hours per week (between the hours of 11:00 - 19:00, pattern will be across 7 days a week)
Job ref: 246-GYW6726606
Employer: Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Beach Ward, Julian Hospital
Town: Norwich
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 Gross per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 23/12/2024 23:59
Activity Worker
Band 3
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality-driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles; please indicate in your application if this is something you require.
Job overview
There is an exciting opportunity available for an Activity Worker to join our wonderful team on Beach ward at the Julian Hospital in supporting people through their mental health journey.
Beach ward is a 13 bed male organic admission ward. We work with older adults who require admission and treatment to hospital for different types of dementias and other associated neurological conditions.
In post, you will be supported by a Band 6 Occupational Therapist, Band 4 Technical Instructor and the rest of the nursing team.
Main duties of the job
As a unit, we pride ourselves on working together to deliver high quality care and to support each other through any challenging times.
We recognise that working with the same methods doesn't work forever; and we will continue to challenge the way we do things to create the best services we can, centred on the people who use them.
You will be responsible for facilitating, overseeing and planning a range of person-centred activities for our patients. This will be both 1:1 and group activities. The ideal person will need to work as part of the wider team but also autonomously in the delivery of these activities.
Working for our organisation
Benefits included with this role are:
* a comprehensive in-house & external training programmes
* career progression
* starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
* NHS discounts and many more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are looking for someone with an interest and background in mental health care to work with existing staff to help drive our standards upwards. We welcome applications from those who may have less experience in this specific field but feel that their existing knowledge and skills can bring something special to our staff teams.
If you are someone with a creative streak who relishes a challenge, works well under pressure and likes to be part of a great team then we would welcome your application.
Person specification
Qualifications
* To hold or work towards NVQ level 3 in health and social care or equivalent
* Previous work experience in health/social care setting
Experience
* Ability to teach practical skills to clients.
Knowledge
* Ability to interpret and apply health and social care, organisational and occupational policy.
Skills
* An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification). We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.
DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB)
FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - It will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020.
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