Salary: £21,293.65 (Actual, pro rata for below hours)
Hours: 32.5 Hours per week
Pension: 9% employer's contribution (after probation period, Auto Enrolment during, unless Opt-out)
Line management: Wellbeing Activity Coordinator
Accountable to: Mental Health Matters Wales' Board of Directors
Purpose of the post
The aim of the post is to work alongside the Wellbeing Activity Co-ordinator to provide practical and therapeutic support to patients through meaningful activities your team will provide fun and dynamic activity sessions to encourage creativity, to improve patients over all wellbeing
Main Task
- To facilitate and support activities at in St David's Hospital and other hospital settings if required.
- To develop services that are focused upon the needs and requirements of patients
- To support patient's family members, friends, and carers understand their responsibilities.
- To provide assistance, support, information, signposting and guidance to patient's family members, friends and carers on services available in their areas.
- Where possible, provide support to patients (family, carers) to help them to make informed choices about the care.
- To actively engage with patients in order to deliver a person-centred service that is meaningful and valued.
- To facilitate social interaction amongst patients.
- To recognise and deal with potential risks and awareness of personal safety. To identify any risks in delivering the service and comply with risk management procedures.
- To contribute to the strategic and operational development of MHM Wales' Wellbeing service.