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Job Summary

Join our dynamic team as an Activities Co-ordinator, where you will play a pivotal role in providing dedicated activities for our service users. This role is incredibly important in ensuring our service users have the opportunity to participate in enriching, rewarding activities as part of their daily routine.

Are you a creative, highly motivated and organised individual with excellent communication skills? If so, we'd love to hear from you.

Oak View provides nursing care for adults over the age of 18 who may have a mental health disorder of learning disability, alongside complex physical needs.

Passionate about providing quality, patient centred care, with the enthusiasm to encourage Services Users to engage in activities for a meaning and fulfilling life.

If this sounds like you, the team at Oak View eagerly awaits your application.

Key duties:

· Provide and facilitate recreational, social and educational activities.

· To support and facility activity sessions both on a one-to-one and group basis for service users.

· To actively promote the benefit of undertaking therapeutic activities to service users and other team members.

· To ensure all service users are aware of activities which may be of benefit to them and how these can be accessed.

· Under guidance form the home manager to develop and implement new activities in response to service users’ needs

· To ensure therapeutic areas and appropriate materials are prepared for use in the activities, monitoring potential risk.

· To be responsive to service users’ needs and choices; and uphold their right to be treated with dignity and respect.

About You

Full, clean driving licence (essential)

Compassionate, empathic

Creative, able to articulate new ideas

Strong communicator, able to build relationships with Service Users, their families, staff and colleagues

What We Offer

• Access to training, mentorship and career development initiatives.
• Supportive leadership and a positive team culture, underpinned by our values and charter (available on request).
• Wellbeing programme offering physical and mental health support for staff free of charge.
• Discounted gym memberships
• Refer a Friend Scheme
• Modern facilities and a safe, well‑resourced working environment.

About Us

Oak View is dedicated to delivering safe, compassionate and high‑quality care to our service users. We are a mental health support service first and foremost, providing nursing support to residents with varying mental health issues along with coexisting physical conditions. We pride ourselves on fostering a respectful, inclusive and progressive workplace where staff can thrive.

Our recruitment process

CV Submission

Initial screening call to see if you’ll be a good fit

Face to face interview, with set time and administrative support to complete paperwork in line with regulatory guidelines on the day of interview

Offer of employment and pre-joiner onboarding

Start date agreed

You join the team and undertake our supportive, thorough induction process before you’re fully set up and ready to go!

Pay: £13.77-£15.12 per hour

Benefits:

• Bereavement leave
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Referral programme

Work Location: In person