Job summary
- Main area
- Occupational Therapy
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 040-ACS272-0724
- Employer
- Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Maindiff Court Hospital
- Town
- Abergavenny
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Occupational Therapy Support Worker
Band 3
If you are successful at interview for this post you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.
Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.
Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed
Job overview
We are currently seeking an occupational therapy support worker to fill a part time (30 hours) vacancy in the Assertive Outreach Team based at Maindiff Court Hospital. The assertive outreach team provides a more enhanced service for adults diagnosed with severe mental illness. In addition to mental health problems, the people who use the service are often affected by alcohol/drug misuse, homelessness or have contact with the criminal justice system. The post is community based and the successful applicant will see individuals within their own home.
Main duties of the job
If successful, you will work within a multi-disciplinary team providing Occupational Therapy interventions under the direction of the qualified Occupational Therapist (OT).
OT's work with people to establish the impact of their mental health problems on their day to day functioning. They devise person-centred plans for intervention (group and one to one including facilitation of the 'recovery through activity' OT programme) with the person to further assess, improve or maintain their functional ability. Interventions offered in the community aim to maximise opportunities to create meaningful connections in the community and address individual goals in line with recovery based practice.
The successful applicant will:
- have excellent communications skills
- have the ability to think creatively and flexibly
- be able to demonstrate empathy, compassion and values of person-centred care.
The post holder will be expected to work predominantly between the hours of 9-5 Monday to Friday with some flexibility around this as needed to meet the needs of service users.
The Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB) OT service is committed to delivering a high quality service and therefore requires that all OT support workers participate in the Agored training programme
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.
We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.
Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac
Person specification
Education and Training
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Skills and attributes
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Experience
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Knowledge and understanding
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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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Carmen Lewis
- Job title
- Professional Lead Occupational Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01873 735548
- Additional information
Lucy Goodwin (Head OT) 07772 134292
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