Recreation Worker

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 24,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

27 days annual leave

NHS pension

Training & development

Employee assistance programme

Health service discounts

Job summary

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a part-time Recreation Team member to support the delivery of meaningful activities for adults in acute mental health care. The role involves welcoming service users, planning and facilitating group activities, and working with the Recreation and Occupational Therapy teams across Radbourne Unit and Carsington Unit (Kingsway Site).

You will contribute to a recovery-focused, person-centred approach, promoting social inclusion and autonomy

Qualifications

• Carry out delegated duties and welcome service users to the recreational service.
• Plan, organise and facilitate recreational activities.
• Promote social inclusion and autonomy for service users.
• Recovery-focused, person-centred care.

Responsibilities

• Support the Recreation and Occupational Therapy teams to deliver meaningful therapeutic activities.
• Welcome service users to the recreational service.
• Plan, organise and facilitate recreational activities.
• Promote recovery and social inclusion.
• Ensure a safe and therapeutic setting for people in an acute stage of illness.

Job description

We are seeking creative, motivated and enthusiastic individuals to join our Recreation Team. Our supportive service offers excellent opportunities for growth through training and coaching. Joining our team means turning your interests and hobbies into a powerful way to promote wellness and recovery for adults in acute mental health care. As the post holder, you will play a key role in supporting the Recreation and Occupational Therapy teams to deliver meaningful therapeutic activities and foster recovery across our two sites: the Radbourne Unit and the newly built Carsington Unit (Kingsway Site). Your responsibilities will include carrying out delegated duties, welcoming service users to the recreational service and planning, organising and facilitating engaging group activities. We currently have one part‑time position available at 22.5 hours per week, including regular weekend shifts. Our team operates seven days a week, including evenings, with working hours between 9-5 or 12-8 pm.

Main duties of the job You will support the team in providing a quality recreational/leisure service to enhance a service user’s stay in hospital. The role involves carrying out delegated duties, introducing service users to the recreational service, organising, planning and facilitating recreational activities. You will be supervised in order to promote social inclusion and enhancing the autonomy of the service user. This will involve initiating and sustaining a respectful, consistent and reliable approach with the service users, that enhances their ability to build social networks and work in partnership with other agencies. The purpose of a Recovery and Resilience service is to provide a high standard of person-centred care. The service will be recovery focused. It will promote compassionate treatment and care in a safe and therapeutic setting for people in an acute stage of their illness. It will enable supported and sustainable transition from inpatient to community services.

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people’s lives'. CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities