Activities Assistant

NHS; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

As an Activities Assistant, you will create an activity-based culture for service users, coordinating social and recreational programs. You will work closely with a multidisciplinary team to support treatment plans and engage users in community activities, ensuring their needs are met.

Benefits

Annual salary of £25,057

33 days annual leave

Free meals and parking

Wellbeing support

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 months experience in a mental health setting (desirable).
• Full UK Driver’s License required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating social and recreational activities for service users.
• Creating 1-on-1 and group rapport with service users.
• Developing links with community-based resources.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Organisational Skills

Problem-Solving

Initiative

Job description

As an Activities Assistant, you will be responsible for creating an activity-based culture, using your technical and creative skills to assist in developing, delivering, and coordinating programs focused on social, recreational, and leisure activities for the service users. You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to support the treatment plans and help the service users engage in local community activities.

Main duties of the job

The Activities Assistant role is more than just organizing programs. It's about providing care and support to some of the most vulnerable people in society. You will be responsible for creating 1-on-1 and group rapport with service users, planning and implementing activities based on their interests and individual needs. You will also develop links with community-based resources to support service users in engaging with local activities.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is an established, stable, and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is an opportunity for you to grow and move within the organisation. Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care, a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Job responsibilities

Being an Activities Assistant is so much more than just organising programmes. It's providing care and support to some of the most vulnerable people in society.

Working 37.5 hours a week (alternate weekends), you will join the team at Adderley Green where you will create an activity-based culture, which will see you use technical and creative skills to assist in developing, delivering, and coordinating programmes focused on social, recreational, and leisure activities.

You will be responsible for creating 1-1 and group rapport with service users to help evolve and shape the activities to increase engagement. As you plan and implement activities around their interests, this should also have a strong emphasis on their individual needs to support the treatment plans.

Working alongside the multidisciplinary team, you will develop links with community-based resources to support service users to engage in local activities.

At Elysium, we want the best for you. That’s why you will have continuous access to a range of training courses to enable you to reach your career goals. After all, a better you means better care. That’s what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

As an Activities Assistant you will be:

• Coordinating social and recreational activities for service users within the secure environment who are unable to freely access public services.
• Obtaining information from service users regarding their social and recreational interests.
• Observing general behaviour, ability, and response of service users and reporting back regularly using verbal and written communications to appropriate team members.
• Under supervision, documenting observations and progress in the service user's clinical notes.
• Fulfilling the security requirements of the service and adhering to service policies, guidelines, and procedures.
• Conducting basic risk assessments on a day-to-day basis for individuals and groups of service users.
• Ensuring that health and safety, welfare, and security standards for service users, staff, and visitors are adhered to.
• Applying effective coordination skills and resource use.

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

• Basic group work skills
• Minimum of 12 months experience within a mental health setting (Desirable)
• Ability to communicate effectively and work within a team-based framework
• Initiative and motivation
• Awareness of Mental Health and its impact on functioning
• Solution-focused approach to problem-solving
• Good organisational skills
• Awareness of gender-specific needs
• Awareness of the cultural needs of service users
• Full UK Drivers License

Where you will be working:

Location: Dividy Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST2 0TN

You will be working at Adderley Green, which consists of two units: Moorcroft Manor, a specialist inpatient neurological rehabilitation and complex care service, and Gladstone House, a unit for people over 65 living with complex dementia.

Both units have extensive facilities catering to specific needs of people aged over 18 with neurological care and rehabilitation requirements, and those over 65 with complex dementia.

You will be working alongside a multidisciplinary team to deliver person-centred services where each individual is at the heart of everything.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £25,057
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays) plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals
• Pension contribution to secure your future
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time

There are additional benefits including retail discounts, special offers, and more.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable, and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to care delivery. With over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there are opportunities for growth and progression.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care, a global network across 10 countries employing over 86,000 people.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment practices and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. All staff must understand their role in promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. A DBS check is required for all candidates.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Basic group work skills
• Minimum 12 months experience in a mental health setting (desirable)
• Effective communication and teamwork skills
• Initiative and motivation
• Awareness of mental health impacts
• Solve-focused problem-solving approach
• Good organisational skills
• Awareness of gender-specific and cultural needs
• Full UK Driver’s License

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This role is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A DBS disclosure will be required to check for any criminal convictions.