Activities Facilitators - Forensic Inpatient Wards

Waikato Hospital – Permanent, full time, 40 hours per week, Five positions available

About the Role

We have several great opportunities for people who are enthusiastic with the ability to motivate and support our tāngata whaiora to engage in activities on the wards and in the community. Māori are significantly over represented across our service and you will need to have an understanding of inequity for Māori. Being able to work with Māori across all levels is essential to this role, so together we can achieve better outcomes for Māori.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the Occupational Therapist and multi-disciplinary team to provide opportunities to tāngata whaiora in the development of new or existing life skills and/or vocational skills.
• Supporting the multi-disciplinary team in the delivery of therapeutic groups.
• Providing high quality 1:1 and group interventions and programmes under the direction of the Occupational Therapist...