Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy - Secure Services
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (08:00-16:30, Monday-Friday working pattern)
- Job ref
- 350-SC6254561
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ashworth Hospital - High Secure
- Town
- Liverpool, Merseyside
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Occupational Therapy Assistant (Male only)
Band 3
Job overview
DUE TO A GENUINE OCCUPATIONAL REQUIREMENT, THIS ROLE IS BEING ADVERTISED FOR MALE APPLICANTS ONLY
We have an exciting opportunity for a permanent Band 3 Occupational Therapy Assistant to work within our innovative and expanding Occupational Therapy Team at Ashworth Hospital, Maghull Health Park.
We are looking for an Occupational Therapy Assistant who can demonstrate compassion and empathy to our patients with a drive to improve the quality of care services within a high secure, forensic environment as part of Mersey Care's Secure Care Division.
Shortlisting planned for: 9 July 2024
Interview planned for: 24 July 2024
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for assisting in the delivery of meaningful activities of daily living within the Occupational Therapy service, under the direction and supervision of a qualified Occupational Therapist. You will be required to actively work as part of The Multi-Disciplinary Team. You will be expected to work in an innovative way to support the smooth running of the Occupational Therapy Service and will be required to offer individual and group activities alongside all other Occupational Therapy staff and under the indirect and direct supervision of a Qualified Occupational Therapist.
The above post will be implemented in line with The Royal College of Occupational Therapists.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To work effectively as a member of a team in providing a programme of therapeutic activities and interventions as directed by the occupational therapist
To actively engage service users in therapeutic activities to promote independence and well-being within hospital and community environments.
You will be required to facilitate 1:1 and group sessions under the Occupational Therapy and Life Rooms model.
Support service users to attend and participate in sessions that promote recovery through attendance at Occupational Therapy and Life Rooms courses.
To provide an update and overview of service users participation, engagement level and skills following sessions.
To form professional relationships with service users, and communicate with them in a way that respects their views, autonomy and culture.
To maintain a high degree of confidentiality.
Please refer to attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 2, with an aim to complete NVQ Level 3 at a later date
Desirable criteria
- Other qualifications liked to role, ie, gym instructor qualification
Knowledge / Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in Learning Disabilities and/or Mental Health Services.
- Basic awareness of Mental Health and Learning Disabilities
Desirable criteria
- Experience supporting individuals with behaviours that challenge.
- Creativity and ability to adapt activities to the needs of the patients
Values
Essential criteria
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills, verbal and written
- Good people skills – friendly and honest
- Self-motivated and able to motivate others
- Ability to recognise and cope effectively with personal stress
- Ability to follow instruction and work under direction
- Ability to work on own initiative and as a member of a team
- Good time management skills
- Ability to be an effective role-model
- Clear effective written & verbal communication
- Basic IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Ability to Travel in the course of performing duties
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lucy Moores
- Job title
- Lead Occupational Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 472 4516
- Additional information
Mark McKenna
Operational and Professional Occupational Therapy Lead for Secure Care
Email: [email protected]
Work telephone: 0151 351 8899
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