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Job summary

Main area
Forensic Mental Health Services
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
346-FMH-105-24-A
Employer
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Roseberry Park Hospital
Town
Middlesbrough
Salary
£22,816 - £24,336 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
31/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust logo

Occupational Therapy Assistant

NHS AfC: Band 3

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care —our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We won’t rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a competent, confident and enthusiastic full time Band 3 Occupational Therapy Assistant's to join our team . The occupational therapy service is based within Secure Inpatient Services at Ridgeway, Roseberry Park Hospital in Middlesbrough.

The multi-disciplinary team works with individuals with mental health needs, learning disabilities and autism within the context of forensic medium and low inpatient settings.

The post holder will support occupational therapists in the provision of evidence-based occupational therapy assessment and interventions as part of the OT Pathway linked to forensic mental health, learning disabilities and autism and offer input to individuals, their families and carers within secure inpatient services.

Main duties of the job

  • To be responsible for working with delegated service users and contributing to assessments and interventions to address key occupational areas of self-care, productivity and leisure.
  • To engage service users and their carers in therapeutic programmes of care, supporting them in achieving their identified goals and promoting independence and well-being through a client-centred approach
  • To participate in clinical supervision
  • To contribute to multi-disciplinary team working
  • To contribute to safety and quality improvement activities as part of occupational therapy team.
  • To use the Trust electronic patient record system
  • To abide by all Trust policies and procedures
  • To be able to respond flexibly and creatively to challenges

Working for our organisation

Working within TEWV provides many opportunities for development, training and support. Within Secure Inpatient Services there is a supportive leadership structure for Therapies as well as clinical leadership within occupational therapy.

You will access wider support from the occupational therapy network in forensic services in TEWV, in supporting the delivering of a high-quality needs-led OT service, utilising your technical and creative skills to engage service users in therapeutic activities and supporting service users/carers to achieve their identified goals.

All team members must be committed to providing the best possible care for the people we work with and their families/carers.

Clinical/Professional supervision is provided by the supervising Occupational Therapist as identified by the relevant Lead OT. The post holder will attend OT Learning and Governance Networks to ensure fidelity to core occupational therapy delivery, enhance CPD and contribute to the wider OT service developments.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.

You must be able to demonstrate experience of working alongside occupational therapists or experience of paid or voluntary work with people with mental health conditions or learning disabilities.  And a keenness to continually develop yourself and others. We will support use of transferrable skills from a range of clinical settings. 

There are varied opportunities for training and development, with CPD needs being identified and monitored through appraisal.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Relevant NVQ Level 3 in Care
  • Appropriate AVCE in Health & Social Care
  • Numeracy, Literacy and ITQ level 2 (or equivalent)

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of paid or voluntary work with people with mental health conditions or learning disabilities.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience working alongside occupational therapists

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Awareness of needs of service users with mental health conditions or learning disabilities.
  • Awareness of the needs of individuals from diverse social, ethnic and cultural backgrounds

Employer certification / accreditation badges

We are a Living Wage EmployerApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employer

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Melanie Robson
Job title
Lead Occupational Therapist
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01642 424481
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