This is a unique opportunity to work in collaboration and contribute in the delivering of an innovative pathway, within CET. CET works with adults who are impacted by severe and enduring mental health issues. CET aims to provide accessible, community-based support in the form of OT and psychology informed activities groups and social spaces that address the holistic well-being needs that contribute to poor mental health. This is a co-produced service that blends OT and psychological expertise alongside lived experience to ensure that support is accessible, relevant and effective. The service seeks to create community integration by working alongside community organizations and supporting people to access relevant and sustainable support outside of the NHS. They will assist in the effective delivery and co-ordination of a comprehensive offer of psycho-educational, practical and other therapeutic group and individual interventions working in partnership with voluntary and third sector organizations and co-producing with user groups and experts by experience. The post holder will contribute to evaluation and development of CET and support the Manager and the Lead OT in developing the occupational therapy contribution to the service.
The post holder will provide effective enabling interventions (both group and one to one) within a multidisciplinary team setting and have a caseload of people recovering from complex mental health problems who are living in the community.
To provide and co-ordinate evidence-based OT and therapeutic interventions in either a group or individual format.
1. To utilise relevant and appropriate occupational therapy techniques, concepts and theories within day-to-day practice, such as the MOHO, the Remotivation Process and activity analysis.
2. To act as link worker for identified service users accessing CET. This will include carrying out initial meetings, review meetings/phone calls and gathering feedback from service users on the group programme and their experience in CET/ Step and Thrive. This is not a care-co-ordinator role but the postholder will be allocated cases to support with additional needs such as financial support, housing support, medication management, etc. However, the role will include signposting service users to relevant community services and activities.
3. The Postholder will be supported to devise a person centered care-plan, implement and evaluate these in collaboration with individual service users and with their carer’s and assist them to identify and link to helpful community resources.
4. Conduct occupational therapy ADL assessments as needed in team / deliver one to one OT intervention.
5. Using an evidenced based approach to screen referrals to the Step and Thrive service, develop personalised goals with service users utilising Dialog+ and plan the service user’s involvement in the group therapy programme.
6. To actively contribute to the risk assessment process:
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North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
1. To provide and co-ordinate evidence-based OT and therapeutic interventions in either a group or individual format.
2. To utilise relevant and appropriate occupational therapy techniques, concepts and theories within day-to-day practice, such as the MOHO, the Remotivation Process and activity analysis.
3. To act as link worker for identified service users accessing CET. This will include carrying out initial meetings, review meetings/phone calls and gathering feedback from service users on the group programme and their experience in CET/ Step and Thrive. This is not a care-co-ordinator role but the postholder will be allocated cases to support with additional needs such as financial support, housing support, medication management, etc. However, the role will include signposting service users to relevant community services and activities.
4. The Postholder will be supported to devise a person centered care-plan, implement and evaluate these in collaboration with individual service users and with their carer’s and assist them to identify and link to helpful community resources.
5. Conduct occupational therapy ADL assessments as needed in team / deliver one to one OT intervention.
6. Using an evidenced based approach to screen referrals to the Step and Thrive service, develop personalised goals with service users utilising Dialog+ and plan the service user’s involvement in the group therapy programme and any follow-up individual support and signposting.
7. To adapt activities and assessment to facilitate persons with Cognitive difficulties, Language difficulties, Social skills deficits and Challenging behaviour, to work with interpreters where required
This advert closes on Monday 14 Apr 2025