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Job summary

Main area
Mental health
Grade
Band 4
Contract
Permanent
Hours
37.5 hours per week (Full time)
Job ref
267-OA6481230
Employer
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Warneford Hospital
Town
Oxford
Salary
£25,147 - £27,596 Per annum | Pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/08/2024 23:59

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Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust logo

Assistant Therapy Practitioner (Reablement) - Oxford

Band 4

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.

We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.


 

Job overview

People with diagnosed with an SMI (serious mental illness) have significantly worse health outcomes and life expectancies. 

The main aim of this exciting role is to focus on mental health rehabilitation, engagement, and enablement to optimize service users’ ability to recovery and live meaningfully and enjoy a good quality of life.

Oxford City + NE Adult mental health team have lead the way locally in delivering this evidence base intervention led by a team of occupational therapists and experienced support staff providing mental health reablement. This team will provide short, intensive, activation focussed interventions to support service users to increase, reconnect to, or initiate activities of meaning to support recovery from a period of mental health distress.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 4 Reablement Assistant Therapy practitioner you will work alongside Occupational Therapy colleagues to deliver groups and work one to one with service users helping them identify and increase their activities of meaning and support their mental health recovery.

Whether you are an experienced mental health support worker, a member of support staff looking to move into community teams or someone who is keen to step into mental health work, this is the role for you!

This small team will work closely together to support peoples to increase their activity levels and support their mental health recovery. With support and supervision you will be able to develop skills working individually with service uses, leading groups and completing patient led outcome measures.

Working for our organisation

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible 

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

  • Excellent opportunities for career progression
  • Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
  • 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
  • NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
  • Competitive pension scheme
  • Lease car scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Mental Health First Aiders
  • Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
  • Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be part of the Mental Health reablement team based in one of Oxfords Adult Mental Health teams. You will have clinical supervision from a qualified Occupational Therapist, join in service training and meet regularly with therapy assistants from a range of mental health services.

Alongside our comprehensive in-house training offer, which includes masters level modules, Oxford Health is proud to be leading the way in developing healthcare apprenticeships to support our staff with their career aspirations.

Please see attached JD/PS for full details.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • A Levels and/or Health and Social Care NVQ level 3 or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
  • Qualification related to Mental health issues.
  • Training or education in Counselling/psychology.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of supporting people with mental health problems.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of leading groups and 1:1 intervention.
  • Experience of working in a OT related setting.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • An understanding of the value of activity to personal wellbeing.
  • Working knowledge of Recovery principles.
Desirable criteria
  • Interest in/and understanding of psycho-social interventions.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStep into healthNHS 75th BirthdayDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lara Freeman
Job title
AHP Lead - adult and older adult mental health
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07385 427558
Additional information

At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.

Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.

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