B5/6 Community Occupational Therapist (developmental)
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
An excellent opportunity has arisen to come and be part of our dynamic Occupational Therapy service.
As a service we have developed innovative ways of delivering occupational therapy in the Runnymede and Spelthorne Community Mental Health Recovery Services to support people in their recovery journey including a variety of occupationally focused programmes. The post constitutes a 50% delivery of Occupational Therapy interventions and a 50% of care coordination/lead professional for people with occupational needs. The post will include delivering both individual and group occupational therapy interventions within a clear care pathway, these interventions include:
1. Occupation Matters Programme - a 20 weeks group which utilises Lifestyle Redesign principles. This programme was developed within the Trust and has had a really positive impact on the lives of people who access our services.
2. Recovery through Occupation - 6 weeks group which uses the Re-Motivation process to improve an individual's motivation and social skills. Participants make significant improvements on the Volitional Questionnaire during this intervention. This is co-facilitated with Community Connections.
3. New Horizons - our occupational therapy led discharge pathway enabling people to reconnect with their communities and previous roles to support a smooth transition from secondary services.
4. Individual occupational therapy.
5. Comprehensive occupational therapy assessments.
Main duties of the job
We use Model of Human Occupation to guide all our occupational therapy assessments and interventions. We are particularly focusing on embedding occupational science and neuroscience into our practice.
The occupational therapy leadership team is committed to an extensive, co-ordinated CPD programme including a robust supervision structure, care group meetings, Trust wide and core competence training and an annual conference. Staff is valued for their expertise in occupationally focussed interventions and specialist group therapy.
This post is suitable if you have had previous experience of working in mental health, you want to consolidate your knowledge of occupational therapy and be involved in delivering high quality, evidence based, outcome measured occupational therapy interventions. This post also gives you an opportunity to develop skills in care coordinating service users with an occupational therapy focus and being part of the assessment team.
If you are creative, committed to lifelong learning, good at using your initiative and are committed to providing a high-quality occupational therapy with recovery on your agenda, then apply today.
The candidate must have a full and valid driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes due to the community element of this role.
About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Job responsibilities
Please check job description and person specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* HCPC Registration
* Occupational Therapy degree or equivalent
* Knowledge and interest within Adult Mental Health Sector
Experience
* Experience in Adult Mental Health
* Experience in Community Services
* Experience with having students/apprentices
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.
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
325-6066515-COMM-E
Job locations
Runnymede and Spelthorne Community Mental Health Recovery Service
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