# Activity Coordinator - Marlborough House > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/activity-coordinator-marlborough-house/0032e60a-224a-4451-a651-37767de83f81 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/activity-coordinator-marlborough-house/0032e60a-224a-4451-a651-37767de83f81.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Oxford - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Administrative and IT - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** per annum, plus RSU allowance of £1,446 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent: Subject to RSU allowance of £1,446 per annum - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (To include some late and weekend shifts.) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-14T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-04T14:13:36.558Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Oxfordshire/Milton_Keynes/Oxford_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Specialised_Services/Specialised_Services-v8046670 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8046670?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Activity Coordinator at Marlborough House Are you a creative, compassionate, and energetic individual ready for a rewarding role empowering others on their recovery journey? Join our supportive team as an Activity Coordinator at Marlborough House! Marlborough House is a 20-bedded forensic Medium secure ward specialising in services for people with enduring mental illness. Our care is rooted in the Recovery Model, emphasizing individual strengths, hope, and meaningful engagement. We actively encourage family involvement. You will be instrumental in enriching service users' lives by designing and delivering programs that foster hope, build skills, and support personal recovery goals. You will: - Design & Lead: Plan, organise, and lead a diverse range of therapeutic and engaging activities tailored to service user needs. - Support Recovery: Ensure activities align with the principles of the Recovery Model, promoting independence and social integration, in collaboration with the clinical team. - Key Team Member: Contribute vital positive energy and support to the ward's atmosphere What We Offer - Enhanced Earnings: This post includes a Recruitment & Retention - Career Development: Mandatory specialist training, including PEACE training, and other direct job-related development opportunities. Practical Details - Hours: Shift pattern between 08:00 and 20:00. ### Main duties of the job - Deliver meaningful therapeutic and wellbeing activities that support recovery and social engagement for service users on inpatient forensic wards. - Work closely with nursing and occupational therapy teams to design, facilitate, and evaluate programmes in line with service guidelines. - Encourage service user participation and progress by creating safe, inclusive environments and contributing to holistic care planning. This role also gets an RSU allowance of £1,446 per annum. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.  The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview. We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values. This role is subject to job evaluation so some duties may change. ## Job Details Activity Coordinator at Marlborough House Are you a creative, compassionate, and energetic individual ready for a rewarding role empowering others on their recovery journey? Join our supportive team as an Activity Coordinator at Marlborough House! Marlborough House is a 20-bedded forensic Medium secure ward specialising in services for people with enduring mental illness. Our care is rooted in the Recovery Model, emphasizing individual strengths, hope, and meaningful engagement. We actively encourage family involvement. You will be instrumental in enriching service users' lives by designing and delivering programs that foster hope, build skills, and support personal recovery goals. You will: Design & Lead: Plan, organise, and lead a diverse range of therapeutic and engaging activities tailored to service user needs. Support Recovery: Ensure activities align with the principles of the Recovery Model, promoting independence and social integration, in collaboration with the clinical team. Key Team Member: Contribute vital positive energy and support to the ward's atmosphere What We Offer Enhanced Earnings: This post includes a Recruitment & Retention Career Development: Mandatory specialist training, including PEACE training, and other direct job-related development opportunities. Practical Details Hours: Shift pattern between 08:00 and 20:00. ## Job Description Deliver meaningful therapeutic and wellbeing activities that support recovery and social engagement for service users on inpatient forensic wards. Work closely with nursing and occupational therapy teams to design, facilitate, and evaluate programmes in line with service guidelines. Encourage service user participation and progress by creating safe, inclusive environments and contributing to holistic care planning. This role also gets an RSU allowance of £1,446 per annum. ## Responsibilities We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview. We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values. This role is subject to job evaluation so some duties may change. ## Person Specification ### Skills & Knowledge: **Essential** - Active interest in & willingness to participate in delivering a wide range of therapeutic activities - Good interpersonal skills to work with patients, carers & staff - Time management & organisational skills to undertake activities **Desirable** - Prior skill & experience in a relevant area of work e.g. creative arts, crafts, physical fitness - Ability to risk assess both individuals and tasks. - Experience of running groups/sessions ### Other Work Related Requirements: **Essential** - Positive attitude to people with mental health issues - Ability to work flexibly and to be adaptive as required by the service. - Ability to participate in PEACE training. ### Experience/ Qualifications/ Training **Essential** - Care certificate or willingness to work towards one - Good literacy and numeracy skills **Desirable** - Experience of working with people in forensic services or criminal justice system. ## Documents - [jd&ps (pdf, 321.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10335515) - [job risks form (pdf, 272.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10335516) - [guidance notes for candidates applying for a job at ohft (pdf, 424.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2228) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.