Job summary
- Main area
- Specialised Services
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 267-FS7896458
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Littlemore Mental Health Centre
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £25,760 - £27,476 plus an RSU allowance of £1,446 per annum | pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Activity Coordinator - Kingfisher Ward
Band 3
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you.
Job overview
We are recruiting for an Activity Coordinator to join our Kingfisher Ward Team, based at Littlemore Mental Health Centre to deliver a wide range of therapeutic, wellbeing, and social activities for service users.
Kingfisher is a 16 bedded low secure unit for females with a diagnosis of mental illness and/or personality disorder based at Thames House. Many of our service users have had experience of the criminal justice system in the past.
You'll organise and facilitate group and individual activities tailored to service users’ needs, helping to build confidence, develop skills, and encourage social interaction. You'll also collaborate with the wider multi-disciplinary team to ensure activities are inclusive, meaningful, and support each patient’s recovery journey. Strong communication and organisational skills are essential, as well as the ability to adapt activities to suit different needs. We have established very effective ways of working with the patients to help them identify and reach their goals whilst keeping them safe and supporting them onwards to a new life in the community.
If you have experience in activity coordination, a creative mindset, and a commitment to supporting individuals in their recovery, we would love to hear from you!
This role includes an RSU allowance of £1,446 per annum on top of your salary
Please note, this role involves some weekend work outside core hours (Monday-Friday 9-5pm)
Main duties of the job
In this role, you will work collaboratively in the planning, development and provision of a range of therapeutic, wellbeing and social activities for the services users on the inpatient forensic wards as appropriate to service user need and within the established service guidelines. You will be supported by the nursing, medical, psychology and occupational therapy team members.
Main duties include:
- Engage service users in physical and recreational activity appropriate to their individual needs and abilities
- Plan and co-ordinate an innovative and adaptive programme of activity under the supervision and direction of members of the multi disciplinary team
- Organise and plan service user events in collaboration with MDT colleagues to promote inclusivity.
- Develop and use practical and technical skills with service users, either through your own identification of need or as suggested by members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Work with service users to improve their mental health, physical health and wellbeing.
- Assist in identifying service user’s strengths and needs in order to plan and implement suitable activities for groups and individual service users.
- Be involved in evaluating the effectiveness of activity with service users, carers and the multi-disciplinary team
- Complete PEACE Teamwork and other mandatory training directly related to the job
Please refer to the job description attached for a comprehensive list of duties
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing.
These include:
• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Littlemore Mental Health Centre was opened in the early 2000s and sits in the pretty Village of Sandford-on-Thames on the outskirts of Oxford. The site sits within commuter distance of Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Wiltshire, Hertfordshire and London City. Due to our central location, we boast a hugely inclusive and diverse staff group and consider ourselves lucky to have such diversity within our team.
We are committed to the ongoing development of our staffing group and actively encourage the continued professional development of our employees. Oxford Health has an ever-growing Learning and Development department that can work with your line manager in supporting your ongoing growth.
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.
Person specification
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Active interest in & willingness to participate in delivering a wide range of therapeutic activities
- Good communication skills – verbal & written
Desirable criteria
- Prior skill & experience in a relevant area of work e.g. creative arts, crafts, physical fitness
- Working with people with mental health needs
Experience
Essential criteria
- Care certificate or willingness to work towards one
- Good literacy and numeracy skills
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with people in forensic services or criminal justice system
- Ability to participate in PEACE training.
Other Work Related Requirements:
Essential criteria
- Positive attitude to people with mental health issues
- Ability to work flexibly and to be adaptive as required by the service.
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrate an interest in patient and staff well being
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Caroline Thomas-Wilkinson
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865902019
- Additional information
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
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