Minimum Requirements:
Diploma, BSC or MSC in Occupational Therapy and current HCPC registration is essential for this post.
Are you ready for a new and exciting career opportunity? Want to be part of a team highly commended in 2024 for innovation and improvement?
We have a band 6 OT vacancy in a highly respected and creative OT team that provides community care for those preparing to leave secure care, offering transition planning in collaboration with the in-patient OT teams. You will work with the FIRST MDT to provide recovery-focused life skills interventions to support those living in the community.
The F.I.R.S.T Occupational Therapy service comprises qualified Occupational Therapists, Technical Instructors, and an employment specialist. The OT team is integral to the wider multi-disciplinary team and diverse recovery team. The professional service is diverse and well-resourced.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Support staff well-being.
2. Consult with community agencies to develop and offer community-facing pathways for our service users.
3. Engage our experts by experience in shaping service delivery.
4. Maintain effective record keeping and outcome/activity data.
5. Offer high-quality practice placement experiences.
6. Provide a professional consultative role within an MDT.
7. Screen new referrals and consult with referrers.
8. Apply the OT process to develop collaborative goals and outcomes for our service users.
9. Deliver group and individual intervention in secure care and the community to promote life skills and support transition.
10. Manage challenging behaviours and manage risk.
11. Engage in service development.
We will offer you:
1. A warm welcome and induction package.
2. Weekly meetings as a team to manage cases, referrals, and secure care & team updates.
3. Flexible working opportunities.
4. Opportunity to develop creative/innovative ideas.
5. Personal and professional development.
6. Opportunity for leadership and management developments through in-house roles and formal training.
7. Support to engage with the Trust secure care AHP and OT peer groups.
8. Access to a range of clinical supervision or reflective sessions.
The aim is to ensure that people with a serious mental illness, learning disabilities or autism requiring secure services experience high quality, specialist care as close to home as appropriately possible. This specialist care will also relate to their local teams and support networks.
Our Trust is committed to treating individuals fairly and ensuring they have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential. We are working hard to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity within Birmingham and Solihull and that our services meet the needs of all diverse service users and carers.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.
All successful applicants will be required to complete the Trust's induction programme. The Fundamental (Statutory and Mandatory) training will be in an e-learning format. You will be required to complete training modules online by the end of your first week with us.
If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process, we may contact you via email to advise you of the interview details. Please ensure you access your email account from which you applied regularly once the position has closed.
If applicable to your role, the Trust will require you to sign up for the DBS Update Service. The Trust will reimburse this. You will be contractually obliged to maintain your subscription.
Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
The successful candidates will need to demonstrate compassion for the challenges our service users face in transitions from secure care and assess the impact that mental illness, trauma, learning disabilities or autism and long-term institutionalisation have on functioning. You will need to demonstrate the ability to develop realistic plans of care that support service user engagement and promote recovery through professional assessment, clinical reasoning, and outcomes.
Effective communication, emotional intelligence, a positive attitude to team working, and the ability to promote our role in recovery are essential.
Working for our organisation:
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally.
If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
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