Volunteer Fitness Instructor (Chichester Centre)

For Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation

At the Chichester Centre we support people who need rehabilitation and treatment within a secure environment.

Our three low secure wards are for patients who have either committed a criminal offence or have significant challenging behaviour.

We are looking for a qualified fitness instructor or sports coach to lead ward-based exercise sessions.

The volunteer will co-facilitate the group alongside their OT team supervisor.

The supervisor will be responsible overall for the group allowing the volunteer to focus on and lead the activity.

As a volunteer instructor, you will be responsible for providing graded instruction taking into account feedback from the OT team supervisor and service users, especially in regard to any physical limitations a person may have.

You will be expected to be able to accommodate a range of physical abilities.

The volunteer instructor will need to be able to communicate clearly and encouragingly to participants in the session and may be asked to help encourage participation beforehand.

Skills

Qualification in fitness instruction and personal training or sports coaching
Experience of teaching outside of training for qualification is desirable
To be willing to receive training any areas as appropriate to the volunteer role
A willingness to abide by the Sussex Partnership volunteer guidelines, including rules on confidentiality, health and safety, safeguarding adults and children and manual handling
An ability to relate well to people on a one to one basis and be sympathetic to others’ situations
An ability to be patient and calm even in the face of difficult situations
An ability to act on own initiative within the role description

We ask for 2 references.

About Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation

We are Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, providing mental health, learning disability and neurodevelopmental services to people living in south east England. Our services are for children, young people, adults of working age and older people.

We provide care in a range of locations including people’s own homes, specialist clinics, hospitals, low and medium secure units and GP surgeries.

We are passionate about research and it's our aim to put it at the core of everything we do so we can continually improve our clinical care. We are members of the University Hospital Association and are part of the Surrey and Sussex Health and Care integrated system.