Specialist Homeless Occupational Therapist

Job responsibilities

SPECIALIST HOMELESS OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

Job Description & Person Specification

Job Title: Specialist Homeless Occupational Therapist

Team: Clinical

Salary: £31,758 £38,930

Hours of Work: 37.5 hours per week

Location: York Street Health Practice, Leeds

Responsible to: Advanced Occupational Therapist

Job Overview

To manage, assess, plan and implement interventions for a caseload of complex service users, addressing occupational performance and skills deficits to meet service user’s needs.

To harness the power of occupation as a tool to promote choice and independence for patients experiencing homelessness

To address occupational injustices and imbalances that patients may experience, resulting from challenges such as homelessness, substance addiction, poor physical and mental health.

Collaborative working with within Bevan and wider professional networks, to enhance health and wellbeing of patients and provide sustainable recovery pathways.

To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and to ensure effective intervention.

To provide Occupational Therapy advice to service users and their carers to promote aims of Occupational Therapy and to ensure a consistent approach to care

To communicate effectively with service users and their carers to ensure understanding of health and social needs in collaboration with multi-disciplinary team members within the service.

In line with local guidelines, review and reflect on own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and personal development review.

To contribute to the induction and education of staff, students, volunteers and other workers/visitors who access the service.

To contribute to the measurement and evaluation of your work and current practice through the use of evidence based practice projects, audit, research and outcome measures and implement any changes as required.

To undertake any other duties of a similar nature consistent with the responsibilities of this post in order to provide a quality service.

Leadership

To work with the objectives set for your team and monitor these within Bevan Healthcare’s agreed performance management framework.

Review the performance of your team in line with the organisational and performance objectives and standards; identify team and individual development needs.

To ensure that the team adheres to legal, professional and organisational standards, policies and protocols.

To develop strong relationships with senior managers to promote effective cross-functional team working across Bevan Healthcare that supports the achievement of the organisations objectives, standards and protocols.

To develop talent and diversity by ensuring all staff in your area of responsibility receive an annual performance and development review incorporating the development of a personal development plan.

Confidentiality

Operate within information governance protocols and ensure business and patient confidentiality is maintained at all times.

Confidentiality

Operate within information governance protocols and ensure business and patient confidentiality is maintained at all times.

Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in Occupational Therapy
• HCPC registered Occupational Therapist

Desirable

• Evidence of study at masters level

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 1 years experience of occupational therapy practice
• Documented evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience of working with people with complex needs
• Successful track record of negotiation and advocacy on behalf of patients

Desirable

• Experience of working with people who are homeless and/or seeking asylum
• Experience of working in or with the wider statutory and charitable homelessness sector
• Experience of teaching and training colleagues
• Experience working in primary care
• Experience of line managing staff
• A track record in service development
• Experience of monitoring team performance against key performance indicators

Knowledge, skills, abilities and values

Essential

• Specialist knowledge of the full range of OT client groups
• Theoretical study and in depth experience of legislation and policy surrounding disability, housing, building adaptation and funding streams
• Demonstrate effective clinical reasoning, knowledge and skills
• Understanding of current health and social care policy
• Knowledge of the social determinants of heath and how this directly affects patients
• Commitment to providing compassionate patient-centred care.
• Ability and commitment to leading a multidisciplinary team and multidisciplinary team meeting.
• Ability to form and maintain positive relationships with a wide stakeholder group.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent team working skills.
• IT and audit skills.
• Ability to manage the service caseload, triaging and prioritising effectively.
• Conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to work in a rapidly changing environment, highly adaptable.
• Ability to work daily with multiple patients with highly distressing personal circumstances and stories.
• Willingness to commit to and promote Bevan Healthcares vision and values.
• Commitment to improving the health of homeless and other multiply excluded patients.
• Commitment to addressing social exclusion.
• Commitment to promoting independence and patient choice.
• Understanding of and commitment to equal opportunities in service delivery
• Commitment to evidence-based practice
• Committed to continuing professional development

Desirable

• Knowledge of homeless and asylum seeker services and legislation which may influence their health or social care needs.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).