Activities Co-Ordinator

Elysium Healthcare; Ambergate; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave and birthday leave

Professional training and development

Benefits via Ely-Vate platform

Wellbeing support and discounts

Job summary

Elysium Healthcare at Field House is seeking an Activities Co-Ordinator to plan and coordinate social, recreational and leisure activities for women in a 16-bed specialist rehabilitation service.

You will work with a multidisciplinary team to develop links with community resources, tailor activities to individual needs, and support treatment plans while promoting safety and engagement.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 months experience within a mental health setting.
• Ability to communicate effectively and work within a team-based framework.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Responsibilities

• Co-ordinate social and recreational activities for service users within a secure environment.
• Obtain information from service users regarding their interests.
• Observe behaviour and report progress to the team in verbal and written form.
• Document observations and progress in service users' clinical notes under supervision.
• Fulfil security requirements and adhere to service policies, guidelines and procedures.
• Carry out basic risk assessments on individuals and groups.
• Ensure health and safety, welfare and security standards for service users, staff and visitors.
• Demonstrate effective co-ordination and resource use.

Skills

12 months MH setting experience

Group work

Effective communication

Initiative & motivation

Mental health awareness

Solution-focused problem solving

Organisational skills

Gender & cultural sensitivity

Full UK Driving Licence

Job description

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

Working 37.5hours a week, you will join the team at Field House 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 rapports 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 Co-Ordinator you will be:

• Co-ordinating 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 report 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 adhere to service policies, guidelines, and procedures.
• Basic risk assessment on a day to day basis to individuals and groups of service users
• Ensuring that health and safety, welfare and security standards for service users, staff and their visitors are adhered to.
• Effective skills of co-ordination and use of resources.

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:

You will be working at Field House and Apartments, it is a 16 bed specialist rehabilitation service for women with a Mental Illness and/or Personality Disorder.

It is a specialist service for women with a Mental Illness and/or Personality Disorder and a history of trauma and/or attachment disorders. The service offers a blended model of rehabilitation that combines a traditional rehabilitation environment with single and dual occupancy apartments, to provide a seamless care pathway for women. You will be working in an environment where there is a strong emphasis on positive risk taking which enables self-reliance and builds trust and self-esteem.

The service focuses on psychological input and provides specialist, evidence based interventions including Trauma focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT). There is significant staff expertise in early life trauma and attachment disorder, helping the service user make sense of a trauma history

What You’ll Get

At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:

• Annual base salary of £25,857
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals
• Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts
• Life Assurance, for added peace of mind
• Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support.
• 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be
• Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time
• Pension contribution, to help secure your future
• Free meals and onsite free parking

About your next employer:

Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure