Exercise Professional

The successful candidate will be working in a team

with a Specialist Physiotherapist, a Lead Physical Health Practitioner (Lead

Exercise Professional) and Exercise Professionals as part of a wider multidisciplinary team.

You will be working with service users who, as a

consequence of their mental health needs, often have had contact with the legal

system and require a safe and secure environment that enables them to receive a

wide range of treatments, therapies and care to assist in their recovery.

The Physical Therapies team us evidence-based interventions to coproduce supportive sessions for mental and physical wellbeing as well as long

term condition management. We aim to optimise service user health outcomes by using person centred care in our daily interactions. Having an innovative, flexible and curious approach to supporting service users with complex comorbidities. We will support you to learn the skills you need to thrive in this unique work environment and ask that you are motivated, flexible and eager to learn.

The successful candidate will require excellent communication

and interpersonal skills with both staff and service users. In a Secure setting there may be challenging

situations and interactions, where the candidate will need to be able to

demonstrate these communication skills.

We advise booking a visit to the Langdon Secure

Services site to gain a better understanding of the role and what the service

provides.

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do

Our values

We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.

Knowledge and Skills

Desirable: - Basic IT Skills

Qualifications

Experience