Activity Coordinator

Plan, coordinate and deliver meaningful social, recreational and therapeutic activities for older adults receiving inpatient mental health care, with a particular focus on weekend provision.

Work with patients to understand their interests, preferences and assessed needs, offering accessible individual and group activities that support choice, independence and social engagement.

Collaborate with nursing staff, occupational therapy and the wider multidisciplinary team to develop a structured, adaptable activity timetable linked to individual care plans.

Maintain resources and prepare activities that colleagues can use when you are not on duty, supporting continuity throughout the week.

Assess risks before and during activities, follow agreed care plans and report changes or concerns promptly to the appropriate clinician.

Keep accurate electronic records of participation and contribute to care planning, handovers and reviews, maintaining confidentiality.

Help evaluate activity provision through participation records, patient feedback and agreed service measures, contributing to audit and quality improvement.

Manage activity supplies and equipment safely, identify resource needs and participate in supervision and relevant training.

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.

This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Skills & Competences

Desirable: - Basic IT Skills

Special Requirements

Essential: - Able to carry out work with patients in community settings.; - Understanding of diversity, cultural and ethnic issues.

Desirable: - Ability to travel independently in a timely manner.

Qualifications

Essential: - NVQ Level 3 or willing to work towards achievement

Desirable: - Basic Food Hygiene certificate

Experience

Essential: - Relevant experience working with people with mental health problems or demonstration of an understanding of people with mental health problems.

Desirable: - Voluntary, or working capacity within mental health service or equivalent; - Experience of planning and facilitating social / recreational activities