Main area: Forensic Mental Health / Personality Disorder
Grade Band: 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri)
Job ref: 263-SCG24-161-AD
Employer: Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Northgate Park
Town: Morpeth
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/01/2025 23:59
Occupational Therapist
Band 5
We are delighted you are considering working with us at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW).
CNTW is on a journey to become an inclusive employer, representative of the community we serve, and we encourage more of our community to apply for jobs with us.
Job Overview
The Secure care CBU is a regional service offering care and treatment to individuals with mental health, personality disorder, or learning disability diagnoses who have come into contact with the Criminal Justice System. The service operates across medium and low secure inpatient wards, the community, and prison.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for two Occupational Therapists to join our team based in the medium secure Mental Health Pathway on our rehabilitation ward and within our Personality Disorder Pathway. You will initiate interventions that support pro-social occupational routines and aid transition into the community.
Main Duties of the Job
The role of the Occupational Therapist is to assess occupational needs and initiate interventions that support pro-social occupational routines. You will work as part of the multidisciplinary and occupational therapy teams to provide:
* Comprehensive assessment of occupational needs using both standardised tools and structured clinical observations.
* Set collaborative therapeutic goals to support the development of occupational performance needs.
* Undertake 1:1 and group interventions in a variety of environments.
* Maintain standards of clinical documentation.
Dependent on experience, you may also supervise others and take students on placement.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* HCPC Registration
* BSc/MSc in Occupational Therapy
* Commitment to complete fieldwork education training.
* Post Graduate experience/training within mental health.
Knowledge and Experience
* Placement experience in mental health/personality disorder or learning disabilities.
* Awareness of professional accountability, HCPC and RCOT standards.
* Experience of working with service users and carers in delivering intervention plans.
* Multi-disciplinary teamwork.
* Knowledge of relevant contemporary professional theories and evidence-based interventions.
* Post Graduate Experience in Secure Environments.
Skills
* Proven ability to develop therapeutic partnerships with service users and carers.
* Ability to provide evidence-based therapeutic interventions.
* Effective written and communication skills.
* Ability to work under pressure and autonomously while being part of a team.
* Effective time and caseload management skills.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and will require a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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