What you will be doing
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Supporting the Occupational Therapy team, you will assist in developing links with the local community to support service users engage in community-based activities, which will develop skills and routines that promote positive physical and mental wellbeing.
You will create individual rapports with service users within a 1-to-1 and group setting as you use your technical and creative skills to assist in providing a person-centred programme through therapeutic interventions. You will prepare, risk assess and implement a range of activities as well as contribute to gathering assessment information.
At Gregory House, a range of CPD and training opportunities are available that can see your career grow and you achieve your aspirations.
As a Occupational and Wellbeing Associate, you will be:
1. Developing and demonstrating an understanding of activity analysis and graded interventions, with support from the Occupational Therapist
2. Coordinating a timetable of meaningful activities for the residents
3. Working with residents/support staff/ family members to obtain information relating to social and recreational interests
4. Ensuring that the appropriate environment and equipment is available to carry out identified activities
5. Completing Interest, Community Skills, Road Safety Skills, cooking checklists & feedback to Occupational Therapist
To be successful in this role, you will need:
6. Care certificate or the willingness to undertake a similar qualification
7. Ability to motivate and engage service users
8. Ability to build and maintain therapeutic relationships
9. Delivering groups and 1-1 enrichment activities
10. Full UK driving licence is desirable
Where you will be working:
You will be working at Gregory House, a 24 bed service for adults with mild and moderate-to-severe Learning Disability/Autism with Mental Health needs, providing care and support to allow people to be as independent as possible with the long-term aim of people moving onto a more independent living setting.
Working as part of a team, you will provide an enhanced level of support to allow people with continuing challenging behaviour and high support needs to be cared for in the least restrictive setting possible, but within a service which is robust and structured enough to meet their ongoing needs and risks.
You will help people lead good and meaningful everyday lives, where they have choice and control, accessing mainstream services and facilities, engaging in work and training, in leisure opportunities, hobbies and areas of personal interest.
What you will get:
11. Annual Salary of £25,272
12. The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
13. Free meals
14. Free parking
15. Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance
16. Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals
17. Pension contribution to secure your future
18. Life Assurance for added peace of mind
19. Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time
There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.