Activity Coordinator

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

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking an Activity Coordinator in Southampton to enhance patient experiences through structured activities. The role involves providing support within a mental health environment, facilitating recovery-focused activities, and ensuring continuity of care. Applicants should be motivated individuals with relevant mental health experience and a commitment to enriching the quality of life for patients.

Qualifications

• Literacy and numeracy skills at GCSE level or equivalent.
• Mental health related qualification like Certificate in Community Mental Health.
• NVQ 2 or 3 in Health and Social Care.

Responsibilities

• Provision of group and individual activities.
• Working closely with AHP colleagues to coordinate the timetable.
• Help patients identify recovery goals and provide structured opportunities.

Skills

Supportive role

Understanding activities for health

Teamwork

Mental health awareness

Education

Mental Health related qualification

NVQ 2 or 3 Health & Social Care

Literacy and numeracy skills at GCSE level

Job description

Go back Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Activity Coordinator

The closing date is 03 August 2025

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides community health, mental health, learning disability and social care services for people across Hampshire and its surrounding area. The Trust aims to provide high quality, safe services which improve the health, well-being and independence of the people it serves.

This role is designed to support the provision of a seven-day service of activities that are based on providing activities and coordinating with AHP (Allied Health Professional) service provision.

It will involve provision of group and individual activities that provide meaningful activity and structure to a patient's day in support of developing ways of coping and enhancing recovery.

This role is aimed at reducing boredom and frustration for patients on the inpatient wards. These emotions are often a precursor to incidents of dysregulation or agitation.

The fulfilment of the role will need to be co-produced through community meetings and patient care plans to ensure the delivery is aimed at the current inpatients needs.

We are looking for activity coordinators based at Antelope House in Southampton to provide continuity of care to our active patient group. If you are a self-motivated, positive and autonomous individual with a drive to enhance the patient experience, ideally with some experience in a mental health or care setting we would like to hear from you. We would welcome applications for people with lived experience within mental health.

Main duties of the job

Provision of activities as designed and requested by patients over seven day a week service provision. Working closely with AHP colleagues to coordinate a timetable of offer.

To help patients identify their own recovery goals and what is meaningful to them.

It is not essential to have a full UK driving licence as we like to encourage patients to access the community via public transport as they will require this skill when they move on.

Parts of your role will require working outside e.g. sport related activities, walks, as well as accessing the community to gather resources.

To adopt a pragmatic and non-judgemental approach.

To provide structured opportunities for people to relax and socialise.

Explain principles, techniques, and safety procedures to participants in recreational activities, and demonstrate use of materials and equipment.

To act in a manner to respect and accommodate the customs, individuality, values, sexuality and spiritual beliefs, supporting the individual to fulfil these.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Literacy and numeracy skills at GCSE level, or equivalent.
• Ability to attend and participate in all statutory training requirements.
• Mental Health related qualification i.e. Certificate in Community Mental Health or equivalent
• NVQ 2 or 3 Health & Social Care.
• Completion of own wellness plan (there is no expectation for this to be shared).

Experience

• Experience of being in a supportive and enabling role.
• Understanding of the value of activities in improving health and wellbeing.
• Having a lived experience of mental health services either as a patient or a carer.
• Experience of working in a healthcare setting.
• Experience of working in a team.
• Lived experience of mental distress and recovery.
• Experience of training, teaching, coaching/mentoring others.
• Experience of using a range of self-management or recovery tools and techniques.

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

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

£24,937 to £26,598 a yearBased on full time hours