Activity Coordinator - Band 3 FTC

Job overview

As an Activity Coordinator in the inpatient children’s service you will be responsible for organising, promoting, encouraging participation in, and running a varied programme of activities for all of the children to benefit from.

This is a fixed term, 6 month contract, to provide activities for our patients in the afternoons, evenings, and on a Saturday morning.

Main duties of the job

To carry out tasks appropriate to the area of work:

1.    Plan, organise and deliver activities to the inpatient children’s service

2.    Promote and encourage participation in these activities

3.    Be flexible and adjust to the needs of the patients, ensuring the activities remain appropriate for the individual.

• To develop the patients’ skills and support them in achieving skills relating to their interests and needs including for example, craft, horticulture, and physical activity.
• To hold responsibility for own designated caseload, and to assist with evaluation of effectiveness of the intervention, using validated outcome measures where appropriate.
• To work with third sector organisations delivering projects to the services and to continue to project work after the completion of the project.
• To deliver activity sessions across the children's service with supervision from the Activity Coordinator Team Advisor and Activity Coordinator Team Lead.
• To work with unit staff to encourage service users to participate in activities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1.  To work collaboratively with the ward teams and senior activity coordinator team.

2. To provide knowledge and technical ability to deliver activity/educational sessions to promote discovery, purpose, meaning and recovery with children with LD/A.

3.    To use engagement and communication skills to achieve attendance and achievement of patient goals.

4.  To work with other staff on site to provide activity sessions to patients.

5.  To use technical knowledge and skills to inspire patients to participate in the meaningful activities.

6.   To be able to use relevant information technology to support the skills development of patients and deliver sessions and produce records of the sessions and resources.

7.    To work under the supervision of Activity Coordinator Team Lead and Activity Coordinator Team Advisor, adhering to delegated tasks relating to activity engagement.

8.  To liaise with external organisations to provide opportunities for patient to be involved in activities that interests them.

9.    To undertake activity sessions independently and have the required technical skills to be able to develop skills in the patients.

10.  To contribute to the development of risk management plans. Report to the qualified practitioner any incidents of risk to the client or risk to others as a result of the behaviour or actions of the patient.

11.  To carry out activities which optimise patient levels of engagement and the development of meaningful activities for individuals.

12.  Take active ownership of own training and development needs, to include participation in the trusts performance management / supervision framework and work toward meeting identified goals and objectives as agreed in a personal development plan / appraisal.

13.  To work flexibly to support the delivery of the service, this may include occasional adjustment to your start time to participate in team development meetings and opportunities.

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the role and requirements.