Job summary
To provide comprehensive work skills and training service to clients from the forensic service and community. The service operates within a psychosocial framework whereby service users work alongside staff to reach their own and the unit's objectives.
We engage with the functioning aspects of service user in order to ensure that the developmental potential of the service user is realised.
To engage with service users to ensure therapeutic and efficient daily operation of a work unit. In order to provide optimum therapeutic opportunities in balance with the working demands of the unit, this role requires the post holder to combine practical expertise in their given area with the ability to model appropriate work behaviour and support service users in developing social, work and task skills.
The role of the assistant work supervisor is to engage with service users and Work Supervisors to ensure therapeutic and efficient daily operation of a work unit. In order to provide optimum therapeutic opportunities in balance with the working demands of the unit, this role requires the post holder to combine practical expertise in their given area with the ability to model appropriate work behaviour and support service users in developing social, work and task skills.
Main duties of the job
- Food or catering background to support with vocational caf training
- Preparation of different types of dishes as part of the menu for the cafe
- To work within the clinical team, inputting and providing feedback on patient progress.
- Following occupational therapy vocational treatment plans to support with skills building, risk management and integration into the community.
- To support with stock management of items within the caf - contribute to audits and meeting discussions.
- To be able to support with the management and calculation of the float at the end of each shift.
- Keeping all areas within the caf clean to health regulation standards
- To empower and motivate service users within their vocational training
- Support with service wide projects such as weight management, supporting healthier caf.
- To be able to input into our electronic system to record key information on patient progress each session and to be able to access key information on the system to check on progress and risk updates.
- To support with shadowing experiences from students and other professional team members
- To take part in vocational reviews with patients to think about their goals, skills training and areas of development this should be done verbally or via written communication
About us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.
Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.
We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.
We'rerated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Together, we're committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.
We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide catering/customer service work and training to Team-workers/service users.
- To ensure a high quality, customer response service.
- To utilise work and interpersonal skills to engage service users in the work of the unit.
- To provide a range of work based activities that encourage service users development towards their goals.
- Support, facilitate and promote the development potential of each service user
- To monitor service users progress and adapt the work or approach used in accordance with their needs.
- Support, facilitate and promote the development of team working, with shared decision-making and shared responsibility for work undertaken.
- To participate in assessing the service users attending taster sessions as to their suitability for the unit.
- To notify the Senior Vocational worker if service users attending the unit fail to attend
- To participate in work reviews with each client in the unit in accordance with service guidelines.
- Support, facilitate and promote the development of a service users Team Leader within the Work Unit, in close collaboration with Head OT.
- Be aware of the impact of peoples mental health problems and medication on their progress.
- To refer difficulties/mental health issues back to the Occupational Therapist and Clinical Team, record on electronic notes.
- To participate in the planning, reviewing and development of Work Services.
- To participate in the development of an annual unit plan in collaboration with clients and provide a report on the units development for the Work Rehab Annual Report business plan.
- To assist the Senior Vocational worker, to develop the work unit in collaboration with Occupational Therapy and Clinical Teams
Ensure the Unit is ready to receive service users each day and appropriately tidy at the end of the day.
- Ensure confidentiality for any information obtained relating to staff, service users and the organisation.
- To exercise good personal time management, punctuality and consistent, reliable attendance.
- To act as a role model of good work/professional behaviour for service users
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To provide catering/customer service work and training to Team-workers/service users.
- To ensure a high quality, customer response service.
- To utilise work and interpersonal skills to engage service users in the work of the unit.
- To provide a range of work based activities that encourage service users development towards their goals.
- Support, facilitate and promote the development potential of each service user
- To monitor service users progress and adapt the work or approach used in accordance with their needs.
- Support, facilitate and promote the development of team working, with shared decision-making and shared responsibility for work undertaken.
- To participate in assessing the service users attending taster sessions as to their suitability for the unit.
- To notify the Senior Vocational worker if service users attending the unit fail to attend
- To participate in work reviews with each client in the unit in accordance with service guidelines.
- Support, facilitate and promote the development of a service users Team Leader within the Work Unit, in close collaboration with Head OT.
- Be aware of the impact of peoples mental health problems and medication on their progress.
- To refer difficulties/mental health issues back to the Occupational Therapist and Clinical Team, record on electronic notes.
- To participate in the planning, reviewing and development of Work Services.
- To participate in the development of an annual unit plan in collaboration with clients and provide a report on the units development for the Work Rehab Annual Report business plan.
- To assist the Senior Vocational worker, to develop the work unit in collaboration with Occupational Therapy and Clinical Teams
Ensure the Unit is ready to receive service users each day and appropriately tidy at the end of the day.
- Ensure confidentiality for any information obtained relating to staff, service users and the organisation.
- To exercise good personal time management, punctuality and consistent, reliable attendance.
- To act as a role model of good work/professional behaviour for service users
Person Specification
TBA
Essential
Person Specification
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
