Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Occupational Therapy Support Worker

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Job summary

Do you want to work as part of an innovative and developing specialist inpatient Recovery Service?

An opportunity has arisen for two Occupational Therapy support workers to join our High Dependency Recovery and Rehabilitation Service. The roles are part time and flexible hours are considered

78 Crawley Road is a modern, state of the art rehabilitation hospital that comprises an 8-bed intensive rehabilitation unit and 16 individual bungalows designed around a central landscaped courtyard.

You will be part of an expanding Occupational Therapist service that is supporting people with complex needs and their families to realise new goals and rewarding opportunities through a comprehensive recovery programme

To provide support to our service user group in overcoming mental health challenges in their journey to recovery and wellbeing by 'engaging in meaningful/purposeful occupations, including those revolving around self-care, productivity and leisure'

Main duties of the job

Designs, plans and delivers a range of prescribed therapeutic programmes to Individuals or groups of patients/clients within an overall care package. Assesses, evaluates and reports on patient/client responses to prescribed therapeutic Programmes from an Occupational Therapist. Maintains a specific caseload of patients/clients in community or in-patient settings

About us

SPFT is an organisation which is committed to improving patient care. We are always trying to improve. We listen to and learn from feedback. We carry out healthcare research and put it into practice. We develop new ways of providing services in partnership with others and help staff develop through education and training. We also believe it's important to learn from when things go wrong and to encourage staff to speak out about anything they are concerned about.

Date posted

27 September 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

354-FH-20373-A

Job locations

78 Crawley Road, Horsham RH12 4HN

Crawley Road

Horsham

RH12 4HN

Job description

Job responsibilities

Perform straightforward, routine and specific delegated care tasks, for which they have received training, working within procedures, policies and plans. Able to adapt practice to situations.

Under the supervision of an Occupational Therapist, facilitate and participate in planned group work, individual activities and ongoing continuous assessment with supervision.

Under supervision of an Occupational Therapist, provide a range of activities, instructing and guiding clients with more complex needs to support them in achieving identified occupational therapy goals, with some supervision.

To carry out community/home visits as directed by an Occupational Therapist and report on the outcome.

To contribute to the generic tasks of the team as directed by a registered occupational therapist.

To actively promote service user driven O.T interventions within a recovery approach.

Can prioritise activities to meet the holistic needs of service users, including adjusting normal routines where levels of complexity exist.

Provides feedback on service user progress and condition, recognises the impact of support and interventions, and suggests ideas for improvement when developing, reviewing and evaluating care plans based on objective evidence and experience

To monitor the client progress, taking account of their environment and adjust clinical interventions accordingly with supervision from an Occupational Therapist.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Perform straightforward, routine and specific delegated care tasks, for which they have received training, working within procedures, policies and plans. Able to adapt practice to situations.

Under the supervision of an Occupational Therapist, facilitate and participate in planned group work, individual activities and ongoing continuous assessment with supervision.

To carry out community/home visits as directed by an Occupational Therapist and report on the outcome.

To contribute to the generic tasks of the team as directed by a registered occupational therapist.

To actively promote service user driven O.T interventions within a recovery approach.

Can prioritise activities to meet the holistic needs of service users, including adjusting normal routines where levels of complexity exist.

To monitor the client progress, taking account of their environment and adjust clinical interventions accordingly with supervision from an Occupational Therapist.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

A recognised qualification in an area related to the workplace or equivalent technical/life skills
Evidence of a commitment to lifelong learning
Health care or relevant NVQ level 3 or equivalent skills

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Experience of working with people with mental health needs in a paid or voluntary capacity
Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties
Experience of being supervised

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

A recognised qualification in an area related to the workplace or equivalent technical/life skills
Evidence of a commitment to lifelong learning
Health care or relevant NVQ level 3 or equivalent skills

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Experience of working with people with mental health needs in a paid or voluntary capacity
Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties
Experience of being supervised

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).

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