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Site BHH Hub Town SOUTHALL Salary £31,081 - £33,665 pa inclusive of all allowances Salary period Yearly Closing 30/01/2025 23:59
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
Job overview
If you are looking for a rare and exciting opportunity and you have a particular interest in Forensic community services, then this is the position for you.
The post holder will join an already established wider Occupational Therapy service and will be based within the Specialist Forensic Community team.
As a recovery support worker you will be managed by the Occupational Therapy team working across medium and low secure services, accountable to the Head of AHP and Rehabilitation.
A core part of the role will involve facilitating group activities with service users in the community, working with individuals to facilitate their engagement skills in their local area. Considerable focus will be on transitions for service users between in-patient and community settings in the locality.
This will entail in-reach work into the inpatient settings and supporting the service users to move out of long term secure care into various supported packages of care, which might include hostels or independent living. The role will consist of facilitating groups across the different hubs in London. The role will also involve supporting community service users step down in levels of accommodation or discharge to local community mental health teams.
Main duties of the job
1. To support service users to identify their needs, interests and aspirations and work towards their identified goals.
2. To actively promote healthy lifestyles and behaviours.
3. To plan and deliver a range of diversional activities that meet service users’ needs and assist the clinical team in the assessment of the service user’s mental health needs.
4. To support the clinical team in providing a therapeutic environment and structuring a service user’s day, planning and delivering appropriate diversional activities and engaging with service users.
5. To facilitate group and individual activities in a range of environments – ward, site, and community.
6. To support service users with involvement and participation in activity and their treatment, as part of the multi-disciplinary team.
7. Support clinical caseload under the direction of an occupational therapist.
8. Support occupational therapist with input into standardised assessments for ADL reports, functional axe, and CPA reports.
9. To ensure documentation is accurate and reflective.
10. Diaries and stats are outcome on RIO.
Person specification
Qualifications & Training
* Educated to GCSE level or equivalent (with a minimum of 5 A-E qualifications, which must include Maths and English).
* NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care plus post qualifications or further study/training to diploma level or NVQ 4 in Mental Health and/or WLMHT Assistant Practitioner Course or equivalent level of experience or Relevant healthcare degree.
* Ability to demonstrate competency in specific clinical skills relating to role.
* Computer qualification or experience/skills.
Experience
* Significant experience of working with individuals who have experienced mental illness in a residential, community or in-patient care setting.
* Previous experience of working in a Health or Social Care setting in a paid or voluntary position.
* To be knowledgeable/understanding about factors that cause/impact of mental health problems and associated interventions.
* Demonstrate a knowledge/understanding of: a) The key sections of the Mental Health Act and its use in practice or b) equivalent mental health or social care legislation appropriate to service area or c) legislation pertinent to substance misuse services.
* Evidence of caring and/or demonstrable interest in working within a care setting.
* Evidence of compassion and basic kindness.
* Courage – having the honesty and integrity to report mistakes.
Knowledge
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Able to work on own initiative.
* Able to work as part of a team.
* Demonstrate well developed interpersonal skills.
* Basic computer skills, ability to use word programmes.
* Clear personal and interpersonal boundaries.
* Ability and willingness to undertake training to increase competency level.
* Knowledge of equality and diversity and rights.
* Motivation and commitment.
* Knowledge/understanding of: a) Recovery approach and service user involvement b) The key sections of the Mental Health Act c) Service user involvement d) Strategies relating to Risk management e) Safeguarding principles f) Physical healthcare monitoring and interpretation g) Principles of Care Certificate Assessment.
Personal Qualities
* Ability to carry out all aspects of the job.
* Ability to identify tasks and delegate appropriately.
* Good at working in a team.
* Thoughtful and reflective.
* Ability to actively listen and observe.
* Ability to demonstrate the Trust Values, Togetherness, Caring, Excellence and Responsibility.
* Ability to demonstrate emotional resilience and appropriate coping skills.
* Ability to undertake the required PMVA teamwork training.
As an employee of West London NHS Trust, you have a responsibility to maintain a sound understanding of, and a commitment to uphold the National Health Service values and principles set out in the NHS Constitution.
We reserve the right to close adverts prior to the closing date stated should we receive a high volume of applications.
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