# Activity Worker

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

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- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/activity-worker/12d50f74-388b-430e-af2b-6db1fa44f63a
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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Ashcroft Unit
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Worker
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum, per rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (shifts)
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-01T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-16T09:01:44.053Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Birmingham/Birmingham_Solihull_Mental_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Nursing_Midwifery/Nursing_Midwifery-v8308424
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8308424?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity to join a fast paced and dynamic team. Meadowcroft PICU is a 10 bedded male intensive psychiatric ward. The team are looking to recruit a passionate and enthusiastic activity worker.

We are looking for someone who is able to support patients in engaging in activities on and off the ward. This person will need to be able to use good interpersonal and communication skills to encourage patients to engage in physical health wellness and rehabilitation style activities.

Meadowcroft PICU is a ten bedded male unit that is currently looking for a driven and passionate individual who is rewarded by his/her patients turning a corner after a challenging path to recovery.

### Main duties of the job

Our unit is often a fast paced and fluid environment and a diverse a workplace setting. It is an exciting team to be part of.

You will work within a specialist multi-disciplinary team, delivering high quality, intensive care to patients experiencing acute mental illness. Meadowcroft PICU has an experienced team of mental health professionals and support staff who support patients with a wide range of mental health issues. There is a wide remit for the Activity worker's role within PICU which requires networking and collaborating with numerous internal and external stakeholders.

It's important that you have an understanding of multidisciplinary services and the challenges that face people with mental health problems. We want to hire individuals that are passionate about mental health, who believe in our recovery model and who will act as advocates for the reduction of stigma in the wider community.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are unable to support applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work the United Kingdom (UK)

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience

**Desirable**

- Training

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 210.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10628467)
- [person specification (pdf, 45.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10628468)
- [everyday behaviours guide (pdf, 159.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2415)
- [recruitment fraud and fees notice (pdf, 280.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3094)
- [artificial intelligence (ai) statement (pdf, 272.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3095)
- [recruitment equality, diversity and inclusion statement (pdf, 288.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3096)

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