Health and Wellbeing Worker

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the post of health and wellbeing worker on Moorgate ward at the Harbour, on a 30 hour per week contract! This role will involve working on an adult male PICU mental health ward, supporting service users with accessing meaningful activity during their admissions. Examples of this may be around supporting patients to access the gym and sports hall, taking patients jogging, leading on art and craft groups on the ward, etc. It is expected that the right person for the job will have the skills to work both autonomously and as part of the wider ward team. You will be supported by colleagues on the ward, as well as the wider occupational therapy team who will provide support and guidance. This can be a challenging role, but a very rewarding role for the right person Whilst working on the Mental Health Unit you will be required to:- Work as an integrated member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT), working within a rotational shift system to support service users according to their care needs, some of whom may present with problematic or challenging behaviour. The key areas being:

• Contribute to, and participate in the on-going support of service users and their carers and help gain/re-gain Activities of Daily Living.
• Contribute to the protection of service users, from abuse.
• Contribute to the health, safety and security of service users and their environment.
• Obtain, transmit and store information relating to the delivery of a care service.
  
  LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
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