Activities Facilitator

Integrated Care System; North East; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking an enthusiastic Activities Facilitator to join their Social Therapeutic and Recreational Rehabilitation Team. This role involves working closely with patients who have a variety of neurological conditions to create meaningful leisure opportunities, enhancing their rehabilitation journey. Strong interpersonal skills and previous experience in health or care settings are essential. Competitive salary offered with a collaborative work environment.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a health or care setting.
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Knowledge of a range of leisure/creative technical activities.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the delivery of care to service users with varied needs.
• Deliver interventions under supervision from a registered practitioner.
• Promote service users' health and wellbeing through therapeutic activities.

Skills

Ability to establish good rapport and therapeutic relationships

Ability to use IT

Ability to manage time efficiently

Education

NVQ level 3 equivalent or working towards

Job description

Go back Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust

Activities Facilitator

The closing date is 11 August 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Activities Facilitator to join the Social Therapeutic and Recreational Rehabilitation Team (STARRT) which works onto the inpatient wards at Walkergate Park, Centre for Neurorehabilitation and Neuropsychiatry.

The post involves working closely with service users who present with a broad range of complex and varied neurological conditions, including acquired brain injury and progressive neurological conditions.

STARRT aims to maximise service users' ability to participate in leisure and social activities that are important and meaningful to them, both during their stay at Walkergate Park and beyond discharge. Goals for intervention are collaboratively set with service users and with the support of their Occupational Therapist.

STARRT will then work with the service user to create individualised and varied social and leisure opportunities on the ward and in the community to enhance their rehabilitation journey. Throughout their intervention, STARRT will continue to work in close collaboration with the wider treating team and Occupational Therapy in particular to work towards service users' goals.

The post provides an opportunity to work as part of a highly specialist team in a UKROC level 1 service. The post holder will be supported by the wider Occupational Therapy Team through supervision and facilitating ongoing learning.

Main duties of the job

To assist in the delivery of care to service users who have a variety of needs, diverse presentations and a range of physical health, neurological conditions, mental health conditions, cognitive and/or learning disabilities under the direction of a registered practitioner. The overall responsibility for the service user remains, at all times with the registered practitioner.

To deliver interventions under supervision and guidance from a registeredpractitioner and as a lone worker where appropriate undertaking delegated tasks within competency boundaries.

To actively promote service users' health and wellbeing, by planning anddelivering therapeutic interventions to promote leisure, social and occupational activities, monitoring of physical health, psychological interventions as appropriate to the clinical area. Therefore, providing effective person-centred care.

To actively engage with supervision and appraisal process as identified in Trust policy.

To provide compassionate care that is based on empathy, kindness, respect and dignity.

About us

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented, and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic and rewarding working environment in which to build a career.

Job responsibilities

Please find attached job description for full details.

Advertising date : 29 July 2025

Closing date: 11 August 2025 (the advert may close sooner if a sufficient number of applicants are reached sooner, so please put your application in ASAP)

Interview date: 26 August 2025.

We welcome your application.

Person Specification

Education and qualifications

• NVQ level 3 equivalent or working towards

Knowledge and experience

• Experience working in a health or care setting.
• Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Knowledge of a range of leisure/creative technical activities.

Skills and competencies

• Ability to establish good rapport and therapeutic relationships with service users both individually and in group settings
• Ability to use IT
• Ability to manage time efficiently

Personal characteristics

• Approachable, enthusiastic and friendly
• Reliable, efficient and hard-working
• Sufficiently robust to deal with demanding and sometimes challenging clinical situations
• Awareness of own development needs

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.

Employer name

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust

£24,937 to £26,598 a yearpro rata per annum