Activities Coordinator

NHS; Midhurst; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS facility in Midhurst is seeking an Activities Coordinator to foster an activity-based culture supporting individuals with eating disorders. Key responsibilities involve developing recreational programs tailored to service users, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring adherence to policies and security standards.

Benefits

Annual salary of £25,936

The equivalent of 33 days annual leave

Free meals

Wellbeing support and activities

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 months experience within a mental health setting (Desirable).
• Full UK Drivers License required.

Responsibilities

• Coordinating social and recreational activities for service users.
• Documenting observations and reporting to appropriate team members.
• Conducting basic risk assessments.

Skills

Basic group work skills

Communication

Teamwork

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

Awareness of mental health

Job description

The Activities Coordinator role at Elysium Healthcare's Middlewood Clinic in Midhurst, West Sussex involves creating an activity-based culture to support the treatment and recovery of individuals with eating disorders. The successful candidate will use their technical and creative skills to develop, deliver and coordinate social, recreational and leisure activities tailored to the needs and interests of the service users.

Main duties of the job

As an Activities Coordinator, you will be responsible for coordinating and delivering a range of activities for service users within the secure environment of Middlewood Clinic. This includes obtaining information about their interests, observing their behavior and progress, and documenting your findings. You will also be required to fulfill security requirements, adhere to policies and procedures, and conduct basic risk assessments. The role requires strong communication, teamwork, and problem-solving skills, as well as an awareness of mental health and its impact on functioning.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is an established and agile healthcare provider with over 8,000 employees across a network of over 90 services in England and Wales. As part of the Ramsay Health Care global network, Elysium is committed to delivering high-quality, person-centered care and supporting the professional development of its staff.

Job responsibilities

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 Middlewood Clinicwhere 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:

Location:Little Ashfield,Midhurst,West Sussex,GU29 9JP

Middlewood Clinic provide care and treatment for men and women who have an eating disorder including Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and atypical Eating Disorders. Our approach will be to restore a healthy body weight and address psychological problems during treatment.

The Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) at Middlewood Clinic will be made up of the Registered Manager, Consultant Psychiatrist, Nurses, Healthcare Workers, Psychologist, Dietician, Occupational Therapist and Social Worker.

The hospital will have 12 comfortable ensuite bedrooms and a variety of communal and recreational spaces including lounge areas, a light and airy dining room, activities room, visitors room, therapy rooms, therapy kitchen area and a lovely cottage style garden.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £25,936
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – (inc Bank Holidays) plus your birthday off!
• Free meals
• 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 is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much 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 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 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• To be successful in this role, you will need basic group work skills, a minimum of 12 months' experience in a mental health setting (desirable), the ability to communicate effectively and work within a team, initiative and motivation, an awareness of mental health and its impact, a solution-focused approach to problem-solving, good organizational skills, and an understanding of gender-specific and cultural needs. A full UK driver's license is also required.

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.