Activity Co Ordinator - Rochdale, United Kingdom - Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Rochdale, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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An exciting opportunity ha arisen to join the therapy and nursing team at Stansfield Place

We are looking for an organised and enthusiastic individual with experience in working within the inpatient mental health sector.

The role involves working with the inpatient therapy team providing and delivering a programme of creative, social, and therapeutic activities; under the guidance and supervision of the occupational therapy team.

You will have experience of establishing, coordinating, and running individual and group recovery and therapeutic activities.

You will work with individuals and groups in order to help them maximise their recovery needs and achieve independence. This will involve helping them manage symptoms, and develop their own diversional and coping skills.

You will be working within a supportive multidisciplinary team, caring for patients with a wide range of needs. You will be working closely with both the nursing teams and occupational therapy teams.

Experience of mental health care is a requirement as well as experience of providing basic nursing care and engagement in therapeutic activities.

The hours will be predominantly Monday to Friday however will require some weekend working.

We are looking for someone who is friendly, motivated, able to work using their own initiative and someone who can work creatively to engage with others.

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services.

We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.