Recovery Activities Workers

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking motivated Activity Workers to join their team at Roseberry Park Hospital. In this role, you will develop and deliver therapeutic activities aimed at enhancing the recovery of inpatients with mental health conditions. You will work closely with a multidisciplinary team and have access to various training opportunities to enhance your skills. The position requires the Right to Work in the UK, and sponsorship is not available for this role.

Benefits

Access to training opportunities

Supportive work environment

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience working with adults with learning disabilities or mental health conditions.
• Experience organizing therapeutic activities in a secure setting.
• Understanding of Recovery and CHIME principles.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver activities for inpatients focusing on rehabilitation.
• Support individuals in hobbies and interests like crafts or gardening.

Skills

Communication skills

Time management

Education

Relevant NVQ Level 3 in Care

Numeracy, Literacy and ITQ level 2

Job description

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Overview

The closing date is 10 February 2026

The Forensic Secure Service offers you the exciting opportunity to work within the Secure Inpatient Service.

We are looking for someone motivated, enthusiastic and creative to join our team of Activity Workers to facilitate activity within Roseberry Park Hospital.

The role will involve working with our excellent facilities across the inpatient site and within a ward environment. You will have strong working links with the Recovery Academy as well as a range of Allied Health Professionals.

The Forensic Service will provide you with access to relevant training opportunities in your workplace to support you in developing your knowledge, experience and skills.

You will have the opportunity to make a significant positive impact on the delivery of care and improving patient wellbeing whilst being supported by a dedicated multi-disciplinary team.

You will have the opportunity to provide a range of therapeutic activities to meet the educational, social and recreational needs of service users to enhance recovery.

You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, this role does not meet the required eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa and therefore the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular role.

Main duties of the job

To develop and deliver a range of activities for all inpatients within the service, supporting with recovery focused rehabilitation. These could include Recovery Colleges, Vocational skills and qualifications and social activities.

Supporting and enhancing peoples hobbies and skills, you could be supporting or leading in areas of craft, gardening, sports, social activities based with in the hospital and wider community.

About us

The Secure Inpatient Service provides a specialist service for adults with a mental health disorder, learning disability or autism. The service provides individualised, comprehensive packages of care within Medium and Low Secure inpatient settings.

We continuously strive to make a difference to the lives of our service users and carers. We take pride in ensuring care and security is delivered in a psychologically informed and compassionate way, working collaboratively with our service users and carers to create and sustain a positive and healthy psychosocial environment.

As a service we pride ourselves in supporting and promoting staff health and wellbeing and have developed and published specific guidance for all staff to support this aim as a priority.

We offer an environment where you can develop and enhance your creative skills and hobbies by supporting others within their recovery journey.

We offer a variety of training courses and induction programmes for all staff, and welcome forward thinking initiatives to aid patients recovery.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

Additional informal enquiries: Sarah Robinson, Recovery, Education and Activity Manager [e-mail] 07920138826 9-5 working hours

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Relevant NVQ Level 3 in Care or Appropriate AVCE in Health & Social Care
• Numeracy, Literacy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)

Experience

• Experience of working in Experience or paid or voluntary work with adults with learning disability and /or Autism spectrum conditions and/or mental health conditions clinical setting
• Experience of organising and running activities of a therapeutic nature
• Experience of working in secure setting
• Experience of Recovery College courses and recovery focused events

Knowledge

• Awareness of the needs and difficulties of service users with mental health conditions and/or learning disabilities.
• Awareness of the needs of individuals from diverse social, ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
• Understanding of Recovery and the CHIME principles
• Understanding of education terminology (within agreed timescale)
• Awareness of health & safety issues (within agreed timescale)

Skills

• Ability to communicate information (verbal and written) effectively in a manner appropriate to the individual and situation
• Time management and ability to prioritise effectively

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.

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