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Posted 14 day(s) ago
Reference: 2350873
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to work as a Sports Therapist within the Therapy department in secure mental health services. You will work within a Sports Therapy team providing therapeutic sports and health related interventions. Addressing the health needs of individuals within mental health services is a crucial aspect of Recovery and the Sports Therapy team play a vital role within this. The ideal candidate will have some experience of working with individuals within mental health. Please contact John Ponde for more details of this post on 020 8510 2022.
Main duties of the job
1. To provide specialist individual/group assessment and treatment programmes for inpatientservice users in sports, health and fitness related activity.2. To provide these programmes in a manner which is safe, effective, inclusive and in accordancewith Trust policies and procedures3. To support the Multi-Disciplinary Clinical Team (MDT) in its provision of assessment andtreatment programmes to inpatient service users.4. To develop links with relevant community sports, health and fitness providers in order to facilitateservice users accessing these services5. To contribute to the development of the Forensic Directorate Sports Service and Therapies Service.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Details
Date posted
18 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£38,488 to £46,852 a year per annum Inc HCAs
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
363-FOR8264151
Job locations
John Howard Centre
John Howard Centre - Sports Department, 12 Kenworthy Road
london
E9 5TD
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the JD attached for detailed information of job description and main responsibilities .
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the JD attached for detailed information of job description and main responsibilities .
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- GCSE level qualifications
- NVQ and/or BTEC in Care Related Skills
- Qualification in relevant practical skills
- Health and Fitness related Diploma to Level 2 (must include gym instructions
Experience
Essential
- Using a specialist skill that is relevant to mental health
- Using a range of fitness/health related skills
- Work with people who have experienced mental health problems
- Planning and running groups
- Experience of CPD and role development activities
Desirable
- Working in a forensic mental health environment
- Collaborative working with multi-disciplinary clinical teams
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Promoting equal opportunities in action and understanding of importance of clinical confidentiality
- Basic understanding of needs and concerns of service users with mental health needs
- Basic understanding of Sports and its role in mental health and ability to undertake further specialist learning.
- Interpersonal skills enabling therapeutic alliances to be developed and maintained with service users who have complex needs.
- Word-processing/IT skills
- Organisational and time management skills
- Ability to maintain the profile of fitness/health within the organisation
- Clinical skills to carry out therapeutic individual and group based interventions
- Ability to contribute to and work within clinical risk assessment
- Ability to plan, prioritise and coordinate own time and plan tasks.
- Physical skills required facilitating a wide range of activities both on a one-to-one and group basis, including using equipment as required
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- GCSE level qualifications
- NVQ and/or BTEC in Care Related Skills
- Qualification in relevant practical skills
- Health and Fitness related Diploma to Level 2 (must include gym instructions
Experience
Essential
- Using a specialist skill that is relevant to mental health
- Using a range of fitness/health related skills
- Work with people who have experienced mental health problems
- Planning and running groups
- Experience of CPD and role development activities
Desirable
- Working in a forensic mental health environment
- Collaborative working with multi-disciplinary clinical teams
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Promoting equal opportunities in action and understanding of importance of clinical confidentiality
- Basic understanding of needs and concerns of service users with mental health needs
- Basic understanding of Sports and its role in mental health and ability to undertake further specialist learning.
- Interpersonal skills enabling therapeutic alliances to be developed and maintained with service users who have complex needs.
- Word-processing/IT skills
- Organisational and time management skills
- Ability to maintain the profile of fitness/health within the organisation
- Clinical skills to carry out therapeutic individual and group based interventions
- Ability to contribute to and work within clinical risk assessment
- Ability to plan, prioritise and coordinate own time and plan tasks.
- Physical skills required facilitating a wide range of activities both on a one-to-one and group basis, including using equipment as required
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
John Howard Centre
John Howard Centre - Sports Department, 12 Kenworthy Road
london
E9 5TD
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
John Howard Centre
John Howard Centre - Sports Department, 12 Kenworthy Road
london
E9 5TD
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)