Activity Worker in Norwich

Main area Older Persons' Mental Health Grade Band 3 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (or Secondment) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (between the hours of 10:00 - 18:00 pattern will be across 5 days a week) Job ref 246-CEN8334827

Site Beach Ward, Julian Hospital Town Norwich Salary £25,760 - £27,476 gross per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 01/11/2026 23:59

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

Please note due to the nature of our roles and patient demographic, you will be required to undertake physical intervention training and remain trained, as required by your role.

Job overview

There is an exciting opportunity available for an Activity Worker to join our multi disciplinary team on Beach ward at the Julian Hospital. Supporting older adult with Dementia through their mental health journey.

We pride ourselves on working together and supporting each other to provide the best care possible for those using our service. Beach ward is a 13 bed male organic ward. We work with older adults with Dementia who requires admission, treatment and discharge pathway to the community.

In post, you will be supported by an Occupational Therapist and the clinical team lead.

Main duties of the job

Are you an ace at activities, excellent at promoting engagement and superb at supporting people with mental health needs. If so, we would love to work with you on Beach ward.

As a unit we pride ourselves on working together to deliver high quality care and to support each other through any challenging times.

We are focused on Quality Improvement led care delivery and are looking for energetic people who want to make a difference and be part of dynamic teams who like to think outside of the box. The development of activity worker roles is an example of this and is seen as a way to support activity and engagement for those people admitted to hospital.

You will be responsible for facilitating, overseeing and planning a range of person centred activities for our patients. This will be both 1:1 and group activities.The ideal person will need to work as part of the wider team but also autonomously in the delivery of these activities.

Working for our organisation

Benefits included with this role are:-

• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• NHS discounts and many more.

This role requires a Care Certificate – or completion of the Care Certificate within 12 weeks of start date

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are looking for someone with an interest and background in mental health care to work with existing staff to help drive our standards upwards. Whilst the primary focus is on those who have experience of working in inpatient organic mental health environments, we would also welcome applications from those who may have less experience in this specific field but feel that their existing knowledge and skills can bring something special to our team.

We value life skills, lived experience and a commitment to work with us to meet the needs of the ward. We are keen to integrate individuals existing skills into the services we are able to provide, as well as supporting personal and professional development through additional training.

If you are someone with a creative streak who relishes a challenge, works well under pressure and likes to be part of a great team then we would welcome your application.

Person specification

Qualifications

• To hold or work towards NVQ level 3 in health and social care or equivalent
• Care Certificate – or completion of the Care Certificate within 12 weeks of start date

Experience

• working with people living with Dementia and mental health

Knowledge

• Ability to interpret and apply health and social care, organisational and occupational policy
• An ability to apply existing knowledge in a mental health context

Please be aware that, due to the high number of applications for certain roles, this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

YOUR APPLICATION

We can provide all our job application materials in alternative formats so that these are accessible to everyone. Should you require any documents within this job pack in an alternative format, please do not hesitate to contact us at recruitment@nsft.nhs.uk.

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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