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Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust

About
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care —our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won’t rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Contact
- Address
- Trust Headquarters
- West Park Hospital
- Edward Pease Way
- Darlington
- County Durham
- DL2 2TS
- Contact Number
- 01325 552000
Recovery Activities Workers
Closed for applications on: 7-Mar-2025 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 7-Mar-2025 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- Roseberry Park Hospital
- Address
- Marton Road
- Town
- Middlesbrough
- Postcode
- TS4 3AF
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Covering 7 day period, including all bank holidays, various shifts, to be agreed.)
Salary
- Salary
- £24,071 - £25,674 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS AfC: Band 3)
Specialty
- Main area
- Forensic Secure Inpatient Services
- Interview date
- 27/03/2025
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care —our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won’t rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.
Job overview
The Forensic Secure Service offers you the exciting opportunity to work within the Secure Inpatient Service.
We are looking for someone motivated, enthusiastic and creative individual to join our team of Activity Workers to facilitate activity within Roseberry Park Hospital.
The role will involve working with our excellent facilities across the inpatient site and within a ward environment. You will have strong working links with the Recovery Academy as well as a range of Allied Health Professionals.
The Forensic Service will provide you with access to relevant training opportunities in your workplace to support you in developing your knowledge, experience and skills.
You will have the opportunity to make a significant positive impact on the delivery of care and improving patient wellbeing whilst being supported by a dedicated multi-disciplinary team.
You will have the opportunity to provide a range of therapeutic activities to meet the educational, social and recreational needs of service users to enhance recovery.
You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, this role does not meet the required eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa and therefore the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular role.
Advert
To develop and deliver a range of activities for all inpatients within the service, supporting with recovery focused rehabilitation. These could include Recovery Colleges, Vocational skills and qualifications and social activities.
Supporting and enhancing peoples hobbies and skills, you could be supporting or leading in areas of craft, gardening, sports, social activities based with in the hospital and wider community.
Working for our organisation
The Secure Inpatient Service provides a specialist service for adults with a mental health disorder, learning disability or autism. The service provides individualised, comprehensive packages of care within Medium and Low Secure inpatient settings.
We continuously strive to make a difference to the lives of our service users and carers. We take pride in ensuring care and security is delivered in a psychologically informed and compassionate way, working collaboratively with our service users and carers to create and sustain a positive and healthy psychosocial environment.
As a service we pride ourselves in supporting and promoting staff health and wellbeing and have developed and published specific guidance for all staff to support this aim as a priority.
We offer an environment where you can develop and enhance your creative skills and hobbies by supporting others within their recovery journey.
We offer a variety of training courses and induction programmes for all staff, and welcome forward thinking initiatives to aid patients recovery.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Additional informal enquiries: Sarah Robinson, Recovery, Education and Activity Manager [email protected] 07920138826 9-5 working hours
If the contract type on the vacancy states 'Fixed Term' this would mean the vacancy is being advertised to address a temporary need for the duration stipulated on the advert, however, in the event that permanent funding is secured for the post the successful applicant will be confirmed in post on a permanent basis.
Internal applicants must ensure that prior to applying they have agreement from their current line manager that they can be released on a secondment basis.
Trust Welcome Day
Here at Tees, Esk and Wear Valley Foundation NHS Trust we want you to have a positive experience when you start your new role with us. To ensure you have great welcome, for all new starters joining the Trust, we offer two start dates per month on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of that Month.
On your start date, you will be invited to our in person Trust Welcome Day at our Flatts Lane Centre, Middlesborough. Your first day will be engaging and informative, it will allow you to meet and network with a range of Trust staff, learn more about us and what we offer. For certain clinical roles, your Welcome Day could then be followed by up to 9 days face to face training. If this is applicable to you, further information will be provided ahead of your Welcome Day.
Right to Work in the UK
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Browse: Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Please provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Your current immigration status will not be considered as part of the shortlisting or interview process.
Please note that not everyone needs a ‘Skilled Worker’ visa. If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead.
We are able to offer sponsorship for a Health and Care Worker or Skilled Worker visa, subject to candidate and position eligibility. Please review the job eligibility guidance for skilled workers here: Skilled Worker visa: Your job - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) and for the Health and Care Worker visa here: Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Please note: if the job you are applying for does not meet the eligibility criteria above, we will be unable to offer you sponsorship and you will need to explore whether you may be eligible to apply for an alternative immigration route which will secure your right to work in the UK before you apply. If you are in the UK already on a visa, please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post.
AI in Recruitment
We are aware that Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is increasingly being used to generate responses for application forms. Applications for this role should be written by the applicant and if, during shortlisting, a Recruiting Manager believes AI has been used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Newly Qualified Nurses
All band 5 nursing positions are only open to those candidates who already have their NMC registration in place and have successfully completed a preceptorship programme. Please note: Newly qualified applicants or those due to qualify will be recruited via a separate process, for more information about this process please contact: [email protected]
TEWV encourages and supports all staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust is committed to the protection of staff, service users and visitors to the Trust from second hand smoke and currently operates a no smoking policy which ensures all buildings and grounds are smoke free.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from individuals who have experience of mental ill health or learning disabilities. Our service users and carers tell us our staff should be consistently concerned with maintaining and improving care with pride, empathy and compassion.
This job advert may close as soon as sufficient suitable applications have been received. If interested please apply for this post as soon as possible.
In order for your application to be successfully processed we will require references from your current and previous employer(s) which must cover a minimum period of three years. Please ensure that the reference section of your application is completed appropriately giving the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current and previous line manager(s). If this section is not fully completed your application may not be processed.
If your application is successful, the information you give on your application form will be used to create and be retained on your electronic staff record and to provide access to core Trust systems.
Please note that if the post you are applying for requires a DBS check, you will be required to also subscribe to the DBS Update Service, if successful, and thereafter renew your subscription each year. The Trust will reimburse the subscription fee.
After applying via NHS Jobs, your submitted application will be imported into our preferred Third party recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through the NHS Jobs website, and furthermore, that as an employer, we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent to us via the NHS Jobs website.
By applying for this post you are agreeing to Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Relevant NVQ Level 3 in Care or Appropriate AVCE in Health & Social Care
- Numeracy, Literacy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in Experience or paid or voluntary work with adults with learning disability and /or Autism spectrum conditions and/or mental health conditions clinical setting
- Experience of organising and running activities of a therapeutic nature
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in secure setting
- Experience of Recovery College courses and recovery focused events
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Awareness of the needs and difficulties of service users with mental health conditions and/or learning disabilities.
- Awareness of the needs of individuals from diverse social, ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
- Understanding of Recovery and the CHIME principles
- Understanding of education terminology (within agreed timescale)
- Awareness of health & safety issues (within agreed timescale)
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate information (verbal and written) effectively in a manner appropriate to the individual and situation
- Time management and ability to prioritise effectively
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sarah Robinson
- Job title
- Activity Centre Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07920138826
- Additional information
No longer accepting applications
Sorry, this vacancy is no longer accepting applications.
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