Sport & Fitness Assistant

The post holder will work under the supervision of the Band 6 Trust Sports and Fitness Lead to deliver a sport & fitness activity, under the Occupational Therapy department. This entails preparing and delivering safe sporting activities across the sports hub within the Bracton centre grounds (Gym, sports hall, MUGA and the Meadows track). As well as being a member of the wider Occupational Therapy team, supporting the Seven Day Therapies Programme. The Sport & Fitness Assistant will work with both individuals and groups contributing directly to the Sport & Exercise programme and the wider Occupational Therapy Seven Day Therapies Programme on average one in four weekends, either a Saturday or Sunday on a rota basis. The post holder will also offer a range of sporting activities as well as support access to community sport provisions to promote the social inclusion.Main duties of the job To plan and safely deliver sports and fitness sessions (team and individual) across the Sports Hub To work under the supervision of Trust Sport & Fitness Lead and Band 4 Sport & Fitness Technical Instructor To apply experience and skill set to assist in providing sport, exercise, and physical activities for individuals/groups of service users. To co-develop on the development of service user projects e.g. Uplift programme Communicate with service users, MDT and the wider Occupational Therapy team. Provide feedback on caseload and sports activities at monthly supervision. Have an awareness of local sport, exercise and physical activity providers that will promote social inclusion and skills development for service users. To undertake additional delegated responsibilities as directed by Occupational Therapy lead.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care