Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
We are looking for an Activity Coordinator who is passionate, motivated, and willing to join our team in providing recovery-focused support for individuals with mental health needs.
This post is for 20 hours a week (inclusive of evening and weekend working) fixed term to cover Maternity Leave.
Interviews will take place in a face-to-face setting.
Main Duties of the Job
* To provide interventions with personal recovery principles in order to improve the service users' quality of life and to support them to do the things they want to do and live the life they want to lead.
* To facilitate a programme of social, creative, and skills-based activities to both individuals and groups which promotes social inclusion for service users.
* To work closely with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) in leading on the facilitation of client-centred activities.
About Us
We are passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe, and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic, or in the patient's own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top-quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.
We are always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams, and the Trust. With every new employee, we are hoping to find our future leaders and will support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career. With a diverse culture and an equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities, and more, whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.
As an NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues, and of course patients and service users when working in our healthcare settings.
Job Responsibilities
* To provide culturally appropriate activities for service users.
* To work as a team member to deliver clinical interventions under supervision and direction, using activities as a treatment medium to support service users to achieve/develop/maintain daily living skills.
* To assist in the assessment process under the supervision of a qualified OT, for example, the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) assessments.
* To support service users to engage in social, diversional, and recreational activities.
* To plan, implement, and review a range of activities using individual and group work approaches, under the supervision and direction of qualified occupational therapists.
* To support service users to engage in care plans which have been developed in partnership with the individual and that reflect recovery goals.
* To support service users to establish links with local community groups, voluntary sector services such as MIND, local colleges, and employment support services.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Good general standard of education at Grade A-C.
Experience
* Previous experience in a healthcare environment.
* Some experience of IT.
* Mental Health experience.
* Able to work with limited supervision.
* Previous NHS experience.
Knowledge
* First Aid Certificate.
Other
* Full driving licence in order to use the unit vehicle.
* Ability to relate to individuals and groups.
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.
Salary: £24,071 to £25,674 a year (Per Annum pro rata)
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