This is a temporary Occupational Therapy Assistant role at the Brighton & Hove Clinic, which is part of Elysium Healthcare. The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary team providing psychiatric services, inpatient therapies, and day care programmes for adults and young people experiencing mental health issues. The role involves facilitating meaningful activities, contributing to patient care plans, and supporting the team in providing a range of therapeutic interventions.
Main duties of the job
The Occupational Therapy Assistant will be responsible for monitoring programme activity, facilitating individual and group activities, assisting with risk assessments, and working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team. They will also contribute to the creation of patient and ward timetables, provide clinical entries in the patient database, and use their creative and organisational skills to plan cultural events for the ward and hospital. The role requires previous experience working with adults or young people with mental health disorders, as well as skills in areas such as art, craft, horticulture, cooking, or music.
Job responsibilities
Working as an Occupational Therapy Assistant at Brighton & Hove Clinic, you will join the team that provides psychiatric services, inpatient therapies, and day care programmes for adults and young people who are experiencing difficulties with their life circumstances.
The working pattern is four long days which includes: 1x 9 hours, 3x 9.5 hours. Shifts are 10am-8pm/8.30pm and includes working at least one day every weekend.
The activity programmes will be based on a therapeutic approach to care and will be monitored daily, ensuring safety is maintained and all participate in your programmes and to support those who lack motivation within sessions.
You will work alongside the team at Brighton & Hove Clinic to ensure service users have access to therapeutic interventions to meet their recovery needs and are provided with a range of activities and initiatives to promote healthier lifestyles and skill development.
As an Occupational Therapy Assistant, you will work 37.5 hours a week and will be working flexible hours to support the needs of the service, this includes some evenings and weekends. This is a great opportunity to utilise and develop your creative and organisational skillset as you will be responsible for providing cultural events for the ward and hospital.
Hours: 37.5 Full-Time
As an Occupational Therapy Assistant you will be:
* Monitoring programme activity and being proactive in ensuring that meaningful therapeutic activity is provided safely
* Facilitating meaningful activities on an individual and group basis
* Assisting in writing and updating Risk Assessments for activity and risk of environment for all relevant interventions
* Working collaboratively with the Multi-Disciplinary Team members on patient activity
* Working flexible hours to suit the needs of the service
* Contributing to the creation of patient and ward timetables, ensuring that patients have access to therapeutic interventions to meet their recovery needs and are provided with a range of activities to promote healthier lifestyles and skill development
* Providing effective and accurate clinical entries and outcomes of activities using an electronic patient database system
* Developing patients’ programmes as informed by individual patient’s needs
* Using creative and organisational skills in providing cultural events for the ward and hospital
* Supporting patients in developing vocational skills using activity and engagement
* Supporting patients within community integration, running community-based activities using public transport and locally-based resources
* Supporting the MDT by contributing within ward discussions, community meetings and reflective practice discussions
* Working with patients individually in specific interventions as recommended by the Multidisciplinary team, in order to enable patients to meet their recovery needs
* Working individually with patients that lack motivation, supporting them to engage
* Liaising with the MDT to enhance staff/client working relationships
* Participating in monthly clinical supervision with the Occupational Therapist and the organisation's system of appraisal
* Participating in team building and other staff support measures in order to help the team develop
* Participating in and actively supporting the hospital's quality improvement programme
* Being conversant and following corporate, hospital and local policies and procedures
* Complying with the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, and related legislation
* Engaging in Continual Professional Development (CPD) opportunities when available
* Experience developing and facilitating psychoeducational sessions
* Developing links with other supportive external agencies as well as facilitating onsite workshops
* Managing the activities budget; including petty cash; reconciling receipts etc
* Managing resources and timely re-ordering in order stock levels of craft and art activities
* Coordinating Community Meetings; chairing the meeting in absence of volunteers; subsequent completion of actions and documentation and dissemination of minutes to all staff
To be successful in this role, you'll need:
* Previous experience of working with adults and/or young people with mental health disorders
* Any other specific skills which can be utilised in this setting: Art & Craft, Horticulture, Cooking, Music
* Good communication, effective computer, and good organisational skills
* Previous experience of organising/facilitating social events and activities
* Any relevant certificates, courses, and skills that would enhance the delivery and diversity of therapeutic activities
* Ability to design meaningful activity timetables and source inventive activities suitable and relevant to the service user cohort
Where you will be working:
Location: 14-18 New Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 4FH
Working at Brighton & Hove Clinic, you will join the multidisciplinary team that provides CAMHS Tier 4 service for young people aged 12 - 18 years with a prime diagnosis of eating disorders and who may have other mental health conditions.
Combining the NICE guidelines recommended therapies, the service creates bespoke programmes that provide person-centred care to support each person’s physical, medical and mental health needs. Young people will participate in psycho-education to support their care plans, and are given the opportunity to engage in therapeutic programmes such as mindfulness, family and trauma therapy.
Working alongside the individual and their families, the MDT will collaboratively create care plans and risk assessments. You will empower individuals to manage and improve their health through their treatment within the community.
The service operates 24/7. You will work shift patterns including weekends, bank holidays and nights. Standard shifts are 12.5 hours a day, working 3 days for three weeks and 4 days for one week.
What you will get:
* Annual salary of £25,548
* The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – plus your birthday off!
* Free meals
* Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
* Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
* Pension contribution to secure your future.
* Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
* Enhanced Maternity Packages so you can truly enjoy this special time.
There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers and much more.
About your next employer:
You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Previous experience of working with adults and/or young people with mental health disorders, as well as any specific skills that can be utilized in this setting, such as art, craft, horticulture, cooking, or music. Good communication, computer, and organizational skills, as well as previous experience in organizing and facilitating social events and activities. Relevant certificates, courses, and skills that would enhance the delivery and diversity of therapeutic activities.
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.
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