Engagement & Recovery Activity Coordinator

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Fareham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a role delivering recreational activities across the unit to support recovery and wellbeing. You will work with nursing and occupational therapy teams to run group and individual sessions seven days a week, including evenings, helping service users engage in meaningful activities.

You will promote activity as part of care, monitor progress, and maintain records in line with Trust standards, contributing to

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Work with service users to identify meaningful activities.
• Develop activity programmes for the unit.
• Monitor, evaluate and modify activities to meet the needs of service users with support from the occupational therapy and nursing teams.
• Demonstrate understanding of the importance of activity to mental health and wellbeing and to articulate and promote the importance of engagement in this setting.
• Work within appropriate service/clinical guidelines such as the MHA, in the planning and delivery of group and individual activities which engage clients.
• Assist and supervise service users to use exercise equipment.
• Contribute to nursing assessment and treatment of service users including physical health and risk monitoring.
• Ensure that written and electronic records and activity data are maintained in accordance with Trust standards
• Maintain effective communication regarding activities with services users, carers, the multi-disciplinary team and others as appropriate.
• Work as an integrated member of the MDT.
• Ensure that any information related to service users or other personal safety is communicated immediately to the nurse in charge of the ward.
• Promote service users' involvement in all aspects of their care.
• Have knowledge of risk assessment and management tools currently in use within the service and to provide care for service users within those guidelines.
• Recognise potential crisis situations and act responsively and responsibly until assistance arrives.

Job description

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a role delivering recreational activities across the unit to support recovery and wellbeing. You will work with nursing and occupational therapy teams to run group and individual sessions seven days a week, including evenings, helping service users engage in meaningful activities.

You will promote activity as part of care, monitor progress, and maintain records in line with Trust standards, contributing to