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Essential
20 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Using a specialist skill that is relevant to mental health
- Experience
Using a range of fitness/health related skills
- Experience
Work with people who have experienced mental health problems
- Experience
Planning and running groups
- Experience
Experience of CPD and role development activities
- Knowledge and Skills
Promoting equal opportunities in action and understanding of importance of clinical confidentiality
- Knowledge and Skills
Basic understanding of needs and concerns of service users with mental health needs
- Knowledge and Skills
Basic understanding of Sports and its role in mental health and ability to undertake further specialist learning.
- Knowledge and Skills
Interpersonal skills enabling therapeutic alliances to be developed and maintained with service users who have complex needs.
- Knowledge and Skills
Word-processing/IT skills
- Knowledge and Skills
Organisational and time management skills
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to maintain the profile of fitness/health within the organisation
- Knowledge and Skills
Clinical skills to carry out therapeutic individual and group based interventions
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to contribute to and work within clinical risk assessment
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to plan, prioritise and coordinate own time and plan tasks.
- Knowledge and Skills
Physical skills required facilitating a wide range of activities both on a one-to-one and group basis, including using equipment as required
- Education/ Qualification/ Training
GCSE level qualifications
- Education/ Qualification/ Training
NVQ and/or BTEC in Care Related Skills
- Education/ Qualification/ Training
Qualification in relevant practical skills
- Education/ Qualification/ Training
Health and Fitness related Diploma to Level 2 (must include gym instructions
Desirable
2 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Working in a forensic mental health environment
- Experience
Collaborative working with multi-disciplinary clinical teams
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to work as a Sports Therapist within the Therapy department in secure mental health services. You will work within a Sports Therapy team providing therapeutic sports and health related interventions. Addressing the health needs of individuals within mental health services is a crucial aspect of Recovery and the Sports Therapy team play a vital role within this. The ideal candidate will have some experience of working with individuals within mental health. Please contact John Ponde for more details of this post on 020 8510 2022.
Main duties of the job
- To provide specialist individual/group assessment and treatment programmes for inpatient service users in sports, health and fitness related activity. 2. To provide these programmes in a manner which is safe, effective, inclusive and in accordance with Trust policies and procedures 3. To support the Multi-Disciplinary Clinical Team (MDT) in its provision of assessment and treatment programmes to inpatient service users. 4. To develop links with relevant community sports, health and fitness providers in order to facilitate service users accessing these services 5. To contribute to the development of the Forensic Directorate Sports Service and Therapies Service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the JD attached for detailed information of job description and main responsibilities .
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 Sports Therapist with East London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Mental health professionals role. The advertised salary is £38,488 - £46,852 per annum Inc HCAs. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 01 Oct 2026.
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