We are looking for a motivated Activity Worker who wants to champion Recovery focused, client centred and least restrictive practice in our adult acute mental health inpatient services at Hellesdon Hospital. The suitable candidate will work within a supportive Multi-Disciplinary Team to deliver clinically effective pathways of treatment and intervention. This will include individual and group work, and will practice clinically within one of our four acute male and female wards or in the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Hellesdon.
You will be part of a Therapy team whose aim is to maintain, restore or create a match between the abilities of the person, the demands of their activities and occupations, and the demands of the environment in order to improve function, promote independence and enhance opportunities for meaningful participation in daily life, whilst working alongside and cooperatively with a skilled MDT.
You will help the team deliver a wide range of meaningful activities to people admitted to the inpatient units. All the units benefit from a full MDT who seek to offer evidence-based interventions to enhance recovery, reduce the length of admission, and enhance the person’s mental health. The team will greatly value your own unique perspective and contribution and you will be given opportunity and support to champion this role. We will work together to ensure the care is not only outstanding but that the team is well developed and supported.
Supervision, professional development and staff welfare are important to the service and time and support will be available to engage in all these important roles.
Our post holder would be able to attend any meetings and training in order to strengthen their understanding of meaningful activities and support you to achieve desired professional goals which will help us deliver an outstanding service to those people and their carers needing our support.
Benefits
Benefits included with this role are:
* NHS pension
* a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
* career progression
* starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
* staff physio service
* gym membership
* NHS discounts and many more.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Debs Agar Job title: Lead Occupational Therapist Email address: deborah.agar@nsft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07879117709
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