Community Occupational Therapist: Learning Disabilities
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
Are you passionate about overcoming health inequalities, want to be creative with reasonable adjustments, and wish you knew more about supporting people with learning disabilities? The BCP Adult Learning Disability Service are offering a rare 6 month secondment opportunity for an Occupational Therapist to join us. As an integrated health and social care team, this is an exciting opportunity to work within a multidisciplinary and multi-agency team.
You will be based in our Bournemouth office, near Ensbury Park, although the majority of the workload will be in community settings across Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole (BCP). The clients on your caseload will all have a Learning Disability (LD) and may include those with multiple disabilities, complex communication difficulties, sensory needs, and behaviours that challenge. A broad range of clinical experience is essential but does not need to be specific to the learning disabilities field. This is a challenging but rewarding role and no two days are ever the same.
Experience of working with people with Learning Disabilities is not vital, but a desire to work with this client group and a knowledge and understanding of their needs is important. Although this post is advertised as a full time post, part-time would be considered. This post would be perfectly suited to someone looking to spend 6 months developing their skills in working with people with learning disabilities.
Main duties of the job
Working alongside other Occupational Therapists based in the team, and with support from a Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist in the wider Learning Disability service, you will facilitate the development of the full range of function (physical, cognitive, interpersonal, and intrapersonal) in the occupational areas of productivity, self care, and leisure, for people with Learning Disabilities who have been referred to Occupational Therapy for assessment and treatment.
This is an excellent opportunity to practice Occupational Therapy within the challenging and rewarding field of Community Learning Disabilities. If you are interested in developing your skills through supporting a diverse caseload, within a supportive multidisciplinary team, then we look forward to your application.
About us
At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.
We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.
Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.
Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.
Job responsibilities
For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.
Dorset HealthCare is in partnership withThe Princes Trustto support people getting into work, as part of this partnership, we offer an employability service to support individuals between 16-30 years old with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. Please contact dhc.wideningparticipation@nhs.net to access the support.
This is a fixed term role and for those with current NHS service, the role will be offered on a secondment basis only. Please obtain permission to be released on a secondment before submitting an application.
Person Specification
* Understanding of the needs of complex clients
* Understanding of a wide range of occupational models and assessments
* Understanding of the needs of LD clients
* Understanding of LD assessments
* Ability to write reports
* Experience of training others
Knowledge, skills and training
* BSc Hons/Diploma in Occupational Therapy
* Registration with HCPC
* Clinical experience in a relevant field
* Post Graduate qualifications appropriate to speciality
* Membership of professional body
Organisation
* Evidence of self-autonomy
* Evidence of team work
* Evidence of time management
* Experience of project management
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.
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
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