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Job requirements
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Essential
8 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills & Knowledge:
Active interest in & willingness to participate in delivering a wide range of therapeutic activities with all patients.
- Skills & Knowledge:
Good interpersonal skills to work with patients, carers & staff.
- Skills & Knowledge:
Time management & organisational skills to undertake activities.
- Other Work Related Requirements:
Positive attitude to people with mental health diagnoses.
- Other Work Related Requirements:
Recognition of needing to work flexibly and to be adaptive as required by the service.
- Experience/ Qualifications/ Training
Care certificate/other qualification or ability to complete when starting on Allen Ward.
- Experience/ Qualifications/ Training
Good literacy and numeracy skills
- Experience/ Qualifications/ Training
Ability to understand and proactively Safeguard patients and others.
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills & Knowledge:
Prior skill & experience in a relevant area of work e.g. creative arts, crafts, physical fitness
- Skills & Knowledge:
Acknowledgement and experience of needing to assess patient's risks in relation to certain activities.
- Skills & Knowledge:
Experience of running groups/sessions
- Skills & Knowledge:
Basic knowledge of the Mental Health Act
- Experience/ Qualifications/ Training
Experience of working with people within a mental health setting
Job overview
Looking for a new challenge in mental health?
We are seeking to recruit a full time Activity Coordinator to join one of our Mental Health Wards based at the Warneford Hospital.
Allen Ward is a 18 bedded female acute working age mental health ward, supporting patients who are in an acute crisis of their mental health diagnosis.
The activity co-ordinator post forms part of the multi-disciplinary team, including Nurses, Doctors, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Health Care Assistants, Physiotherapist, Physio Technician, and Dietician.
Each of the wards at the Warneford Hospital have an activity co-ordinator post, providing lots of opportunities to link up with others and receive regular peer supervision.
Ward staff are required undertake PEACE training. This 5-day training course covers the curriculum relating to the prevention and application of Restrictive Practice and Interventions as detailed in the Restraint Reduction Network Training Standards 2019. Therefore, applicants need to have a good range of mobility and fitness to learn the physical restraint techniques taught on the course.
Main duties of the job
- Engage service users in physical and recreational activity appropriate to their individual needs and abilities.
- Plan and co-ordinate a programme of activity under the supervision and direction of members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Organise and plan service user events in collaboration with MDT colleagues to promote inclusivity.
- Develop and use practical and technical skills with service users, either through your own identification of need or as suggested by members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Work with service users to improve their mental health, physical health and wellbeing.
- Assist in identifying service user’s strengths and needs in order to plan and implement suitable activities for groups and individual service users
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.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Activity Coordinator with Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust in Oxford, England. It is listed as a Band 3 Activities coordinator role. The advertised salary is £25,760 - £27,476 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 20 Sep 2026.
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