Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational therapy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- 12 months (12 month fixed term contract)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday- friday 9-5)
- Job ref
- 350-SC6639434
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Community Forensic Learning Disability Service
- Town
- Leyland
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/10/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 10/10/2024
Employer heading
Specialist Occupational Therapist
Band 6
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Job overview
To support the delivery of high-quality specialist Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention in the continuous development of effective clinical services to meet the complex needs of people with a learning disability whose behaviour presents a forensic risk in a community setting.
Main duties of the job
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Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc Degree/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
- Current Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registration
- Post registration training in a therapeutic / intervention approach (e.g. Applied
- Behavioural Analysis and Intervention, CBT)
- Portfolio of CPD
Desirable criteria
- Forensic Risk Assessment (RSVP, HCR, START)
- Good computing skills (ECDL or Similar)
- Additional training in specific Occupational Therapy and sensory assessments
- Accredited Practice Placement Educator (e.g. APPLE)
KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- At least two years experience of working as an occupational therapist with people with learning disabilities or mental health.
- Significant experience of working with people with learning disabilities who offend
- Experience of managing own complex caseload
- Experience of using Occupational Therapy assessment tools and completing reports
- Experience of communicating and liasiing with people including internal and external agencies on complex matters, issues and ideas and/or in complex situations
- Experience of working with individuals who have complex needs
- Experience in the use of forensic risk assessment and management
- A good understanding of the Mental Capacity Act, DOLs, Safeguarding and the legal frameworks applicable to working with offenders in a community setting
- An understanding of the Criminal Justice process
- Experience of multidisciplinary and inter -agency working
- Experience of providing management and clinical supervision
- Experience of developing Occupational Therapy services
- Application of Occupational Therapy models of practice, standardised assessments and outcome measures
- Knowledge of relevant Royal College of Occupational Therapy guidance for working with people with learning disabilities
- Experience of planning and facilitating therapeutic groups for service users
- Knowledge and ability to express a well developed understanding of the occupational therapy process including activity and task analysis and the formulation of intervention plans grounded in clinical reasoning
- Have a clear understanding of clinical and environmental risk assessment
- Able to share knowledge and instruct and train other staff appropriate to band and experience
- Apply and promote occupational therapy skills including carrying out specialised occupational therapy assessments, setting clear occupational goals and facilitating a wide range of therapeutic interventions via the provision of meaningful activities
- Demonstrate leadership skills to be able to initiate, monitor and implement change, leading by example and motivating others
Desirable criteria
- Experience working with staff teams, providing consultancy and clinical supervision
- Prior experience of autism, mental health, personality disorder, dual diagnosis etc
- Demonstrate an interest in theories of offending in learning disabilities
- Experience of working within a community based service
- Experience of working in forensic settings
- Membership of Specialist Section of The College of Occupational Therapy.
- Experience of being involved in clinical audit and / or research
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent spoken and written communication skills
- Ability to work in a multiagency context
- Able to work autonomously and on own initiative, prioritise and manage own time effectively and meet deadlines
- Skills in the assessment of complex behaviours using a variety of methods
- Skills in the designing of intervention and management plans, evaluation and monitoring
- Driving Licence
- Able to recognise limits of own competency and when to seek supervision
- Complete Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions with a caseload, including the ability to write reports
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Katherine Simpson
- Job title
- Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01772 377960
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