Activities Coordinator - Fulbourn, United Kingdom - Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

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Fulbourn, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Mulberry 3 is part of our innovative and ambitious model of care, known as the 3-3-3 model. Our three wards work collaboratively to enable patients to access the right care at the right time.

We have our Acute Assessment Unit (Mulberry 1), where patients stay up to 3 days, our Treatment ward (Mulberry 2), where patients stay up to 3 weeks and our Recovery Unit (Mulberry 3), where patients stay up to 3 months.

Our team are incredibly supportive and actively look to cultivate talent and support staff development

The Activities Co-ordinator will inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible in others. Within a relationship of mutuality, facilitate and support information sharing to;
- promote choice, self-determination and opportunities for the fulfilment of socially valued roles and connection to local communities.

The Activities Coordinator will promote their role within the ward as being an integral part of the Recovery pathway.

And

To provide and coordinate meaningful group and activity sessions for service users. To develop activities with individuals and support people to use these.
To offer group based sessions with a focus on skill development/social inclusion/communication/education and recovery.
To work alongside the nursing team.
As an integral and highly valued member of the multidisciplinary team, the Activities Coordinator will provide support and practical assistance to service users in order for them to regain confidence in their skills and abilities to enable a successful re integration into the community.

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community.

These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

To establish a supportive and respectful relationship with service users.
Help individuals identify their own achievable and meaningful recovery goals and set recovery objectives, drawing on individual resources and utilising a range of recovery tools, techniques and experience.
Model personal responsibility, selfawareness, selfbelief to inspire and instil confidence
Uses own initiative and job related training in deciding on the approach and interventions required when working with a service user in delivering support, although supervision is available.
Teach coping, selfhelp and selfmanagement techniques
Support service users to identify and overcome fears and within a relationship of empathy, trust and honesty, challenge negative selftalk.
Facilitate access to community groups and networks that enable service users to participate in community activities, in order to maximise opportunities for taking on socially valued roles and positive identity.