Job summary
Do you enjoy using activities to support people in their independence as well as supporting them to make the transition to the community? Do you like helping people achieve their own goals? Do you want to develop your skills with the backing of a well-developed occupational therapy team?
An opportunity has arisen to recruit a Therapy Technician full time within the well-established Occupational Therapy team at the Allington Centre. We are keen to recruit an enthusiastic and innovative Therapy Technician to work within the service. Therapy Technicians are recognised as essential, and valued members of the multi-disciplinary team. As a Therapy Technician you will work alongside the Occupational Therapists supporting them in the implementation of assessments, as well as group and individual interventions. In addition to personal and clinical development opportunities, we offer a number of additional opportunities including regular supervision, Personal Development Plans, and support for Continual Professional Development activities.
Main duties of the job
Under the supervision of a registered Occupational Therapist and in consultation with professionally registered members of the Multidisciplinary Team the post holder will be expected to assist in the delivery of therapeutic interventions within the service by
o Using skills and experience to plan and provide flexible, service user centred, 1:1 or group activity based interventions that contribute to meeting the assessed needs of service users and treatment service as outlined within their care plan.
o Working alongside the multidisciplinary team to facilitate therapeutic interventions for service users and carers
o Undertaking clinically related administration, and to assist with non-clinical tasks to ensure the smooth running of a service, to service users and their carers, guided by an appropriate senior colleague.
About us
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.
Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.
We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Our strategy
Our mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people
Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work effectively as a member of the MDT assisting in delivering individual or group interventions to promote the strengths, wellbeing and recovery of service users and carers.
To monitor service users progress, reporting on their psychological, physical, behavioural, occupational and social response to interventions.
To adapt interventions ensuring that they support the service user and carer to meet their needs, including regard for cultural and linguistic differences, adjusting own approach accordingly.
To assist with or contribute to the assessment of activities of daily living, maintaining service users dignity and privacy, observing changes both positive and negative and reporting appropriately.
To effectively establish a therapeutic relationship with service users and their relatives/carers.
To contribute to and comply with individual, environmental and activity-related risk assessments and to communicate issues around risk to others involved in service users care.
To support and undertake community access /engagement for service users and carers.
To assist with non-clinical tasks to ensure the smooth running of a service guided by an appropriate senior colleague.
To attend and actively participate in relevant clinical meetings/forums.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work effectively as a member of the MDT assisting in delivering individual or group interventions to promote the strengths, wellbeing and recovery of service users and carers.
To monitor service users progress, reporting on their psychological, physical, behavioural, occupational and social response to interventions.
To adapt interventions ensuring that they support the service user and carer to meet their needs, including regard for cultural and linguistic differences, adjusting own approach accordingly.
To assist with or contribute to the assessment of activities of daily living, maintaining service users dignity and privacy, observing changes both positive and negative and reporting appropriately.
To effectively establish a therapeutic relationship with service users and their relatives/carers.
To contribute to and comply with individual, environmental and activity-related risk assessments and to communicate issues around risk to others involved in service users care.
To support and undertake community access /engagement for service users and carers.
To assist with non-clinical tasks to ensure the smooth running of a service guided by an appropriate senior colleague.
To attend and actively participate in relevant clinical meetings/forums.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BTec / City & Guilds / NVQ level 2 in health and social care or equivalent experience
Desirable
Experience / Attainments
Essential
- Work in a mental health setting
Desirable
- Experience in Forensic mental health settings
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the importance of confidentiality
- Understanding of professional conduct
Desirable
- Understanding of mental health conditions
- Health / safety & risk awareness
Skills
Essential
- Good communication skills (written and verbal)
- Ability to work independently within a supportive environment
- Good personal organisational skills including time management
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to use initiative
- Basic IT skills
Desirable
- Group work skills
- Use of activities
- Ability to reflect on own practice
- Ability to work under pressure
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Self-motivated and reliable
- Confident but aware of own limitations
- Enthusiastic, hardworking and polite
- Committed to a high level of patient care
Desirable
Job requirement
Desirable
- Occasional evening and weekend work
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BTec / City & Guilds / NVQ level 2 in health and social care or equivalent experience
Desirable
Experience / Attainments
Essential
- Work in a mental health setting
Desirable
- Experience in Forensic mental health settings
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding of the importance of confidentiality
- Understanding of professional conduct
Desirable
- Understanding of mental health conditions
- Health / safety & risk awareness
Skills
Essential
- Good communication skills (written and verbal)
- Ability to work independently within a supportive environment
- Good personal organisational skills including time management
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to use initiative
- Basic IT skills
Desirable
- Group work skills
- Use of activities
- Ability to reflect on own practice
- Ability to work under pressure
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Self-motivated and reliable
- Confident but aware of own limitations
- Enthusiastic, hardworking and polite
- Committed to a high level of patient care
Desirable
Job requirement
Desirable
- Occasional evening and weekend work
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust
Address
Dartford
Allington Centre, Bow Arrow Lane, Dartford, Kent, DA2 6PB
Dartford
DA2 6PB
Employer's website
https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
