Activity Coordinator | Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Learning & development

Salary sacrifice schemes

NHS discounts

Wellbeing support

Staff networks

Job summary

The Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a temporary Activity Co-ordinator at The Caludon Centre in Coventry. You will deliver and co-ordinate daily social, recreational and physical activities for inpatient mental health patients, mainly in groups, on and off ward.

You will work under an Occupational Therapist alongside therapy and nursing staff, using your empathy, organisational skills and IT abilities to plan weekly activities and maintain records.

Qualifications

• Experience with diversional activities for social/recreational programmes.
• Empathy for mentally unwell people.
• Ability to plan weekly activity schedules and timetables.
• Good IT skills to support record-keeping and activity planning.

Responsibilities

• Work with patients and staff to enable access to a range of activities.
• Engage and motivate patients to participate in activities.
• Identify weekly activity plans and produce visual timetables.
• Maintain resources and stock safely.
• Run daily activity groups on and off ward.
• Keep accurate records of activity and resources.
• Communicate clearly with staff and patients.

Skills

Empathy

IT skills

Organised

Resilient

Hobbies/Interests

Job description

Activity Coordinator | Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

Company:

Company: Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

We are recruiting a temporary (maternity cover) Activity Co-ordinator at The Caludon Centre, which is an acute inpatient mental health hospital in Coventry.

The Activity Coordinator provides and co-ordinate a range of daily social, recreational and physical activities.

Activities delivered include range of exercises; leisure activities e.g. shopping and cooking, games, quizzes, art, gardening, music, discussion, festivities; and supporting health and wellbeing activities and initiatives.

Activities are delivered on and off ward, and mainly in groups.

The Activity Co-ordinator works under the supervision of an Occupational Therapist, and alongside other therapy and nursing staff.

We are interested to hear from people who candemonstrate in their application, that they …

• Are good with people and have empathy with mentally unwell people
• Have a range of relevant hobbies and interests
• Understand how doing things can be helpful to someone who is mentally unwell
• Are resilient, fit and healthy to be able to meet the demands of the role
• Are organised
• Have good IT skills

There are no sponsorship opportunities with this role.

• To work with patients and staff to enable patients to access and do a range of activities, whilst they are in hospital.
• To engage and motivate the patients on the ward, to engage in activities.
• To identify with patients and staff a weekly plan of activities, producing a visual weekly timetable.
• To be flexible to the changing demands of the ward and unwell patients.
• To maintain and manage resources and stock, safely.
• To run daily activity groups on and on off ward.
• To keep accurate and timely records of patient activity and resources.
• To communicate clearly with staff and patients

The role provides lots of opportunity to develop and learn from working alongside a range of supportive members of the team.

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Please see the job description for further job details.

Demonstrates clear and well written communication (not all AI generated)

Demonstrates knowledge of diversional activities that can be used in social and recreational programmes

Demonstrates ability to think and learn in line with requirements of the role

Demonstrates experience of having empathy with mentally unwell people or relevant others

Demonstrates experience (via hobbies or work) in a number of relevant activities

Understands the value of doing for recovery

Demonstrates mental and physical fitness and care of self

Demonstrates relevant level of IT knowledge and skills

Lives within commutable distance or if further explains how this will be addressed

This advert closes on Tuesday 17 Nov 2026

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust