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Job overview

West London Forensic Services have an exciting opportunity for a band 7 Occupational Therapist role within our Specialist Community Forensic Team.  Within this service, you will have the opportunity to work closely with the inpatient rehab wards and support patient integration within their discharge period and patients currently discharged into the community from forensic services.  As part of the OT and rehab team you will be leading a team of RSWs, peer support workers (PSW), and occupational therapists.  You will also be a part of a multidisciplinary team for the specialist forensic community team holding a caseload.

This post allows the successful applicant to further develop and consolidate their skills in a supportive environment, whilst learning and advancing their skills within the forensic mental health field.

The areas the team cover consist of 8 Boroughs, split into 3 hubs.  The Boroughs consist of Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster, Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith, and Brent, Harrow and Hillingdon.  

The role will consist of supporting patients who are transitioning into the community and currently discharged with a range of activities including life skills, employment, education and building a routine.

We provide weekly professional development meetings which include clinical teaching, growing in leadership, and service development.

Main duties of the job

When service users are placed on the discharge pathway, Occupational Therapists begin working with them while they are inpatient and follow their journey as they transition into the community to ensure continuity of care and a strong rapport.  The Occupational therapist will complete screenings to gather a sense of occupational needs and then base goals that relate to the social, recreational, physical, vocational, and spiritual needs, and support the achievement of these goals by liaising with the wider MDT, external stakeholders, and families and carers when needed.

You will receive a structured induction, active support, direction, and supervision from OT leadership team and have access to robust CPD opportunities.

We positively welcome applications from people with a lived experience of either mental health conditions or learning disabilities and people who represent diverse communities.

Working for our organisation

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 Boroughs of Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster, Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith, and Brent, Harrow and Hillingdon 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’re rated 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.