Activities Coordinator
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Are you a proactive and motivated individual keen to gain work experience in the Mental Health Care field? We are looking for an Activities Coordinator with a passion for delivering excellent care to develop, plan, and implement activities for our patients on a full-time basis. As an Activities Coordinator you will provide activities to patients across various service lines within the hospital. Your main job role will be to co‑coordinate, design and deliver a co‑produced, personalised activity programme that is occupationally balanced, risk‑assessed and fully resourced, so that all individuals have the opportunity and are encouraged to engage in at least 25 hours of meaningful activity each week.
Role: In this role you will be supporting the Nursing Team, with input from the Therapy team, in delivering meaningful activity to patients through the following tasks:
* Complete interest checklists with individuals to identify their activity preferences
* Contribute towards the planning, coordination and delivery of personalised therapeutic activity programmes within established protocols using indirect supervision, working autonomously and as part of a team.
* Create and update activity risk assessments, in relation to timetables.
* Ensure the provision of staff, space & materials for all activities.
* Share information effectively and concisely in routine situations (effective daily documentation; attendance at meetings to handover information; face‑to‑face handovers of information to colleagues).
Cygnet Woking/Woking Lodge is a 94‑bedded hospital with a variety of different wards, including two locked rehab wards (male), two low‑secure services (male and female), two acute wards (male and female) and a PICU (female). Our environment has a holistic focus and includes a gym, ADL kitchen, Recovery College, Hair Salon, library, tuckshop and other therapeutic spaces.
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