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Job overview

Occupational Therapy focusses on engaging our children and young people in activity that will contribute towards wellness and recovery. We are seeking people with experience of instilling Connection, Hope, Identity, Meaning, Purpose and Empowerment in our young people through 1:1 or group activities.

 Occupational Therapy Assistants work under the supervision of our advanced and specialist Occupational Therapy team to use their personal skills and personality for therapeutic benefit.

When asking our young people what they wanted from an OT service they told us they wanted to be supported by someone with;

• compassion and patience
• someone who will celebrate the little wins as well as the big ones and understand that patience is important
• Friendliness and willingness to help
• An encouraging approach
• With flexibility, one who is able to take different routes and suggest different ideas and paths to ensure progress in a safe, collaborative way
• An enthusiastic mentality, good at staying positive
• Skills that can help us with meaningful goals rather than goals that we "should" be reaching
• Creative ideas
• Relevant knowledge, clued up on a lot of diverse activities in the community
• The ability to be reliable and consistent in challenging the patient to progress in a non-confrontational way

If this sounds like you we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

The Occupational Therapy Assistant is a valued member of the health and social care team.  They take a hands-on role with individuals or groups of clients. Their job is to equip clients to take part in everyday activities and live more satisfying lives.

The post holder will contribute to the Occupational Therapy team and the wider Core Multidisciplinary Team at Parkview clinic.   They will assist with the following specified duties and take some responsibility for their own workload within a broad framework laid down by a qualified Occupational Therapist.  Intervention with children, young adults and their families will be under the guidance of more senior staff and will be of the highest possible standard.

Working for our organisation

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.