Overview
This post forms part of the Community Forensic Team. The post holder will, alongside other OT staff, develop occupationally focused interventions and assessments to manage risks and offence-related behaviours for forensic mental health service users leaving or at risk of admission to secure inpatient services. The post will involve early evening and weekend shifts as part of a team-based rota. To support the Professional Lead and Highly Specialist OT in the planning, development and evaluation of OT services within the Community Forensic team. To work collaboratively with service users to identify occupational goals. To contribute to overall team case formulation and risk management, including adding relevant information related to occupational formulation to inform the team’s intervention plan.
Responsibilities
* Deliver occupational therapy interventions with identified clients on the team’s caseload, using evidence-based, client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in prisons, probation, community settings and the individuals’ home environment.
* Provide interventions in a manner that is consistent with Trust standards and values.
* Apply the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) and other standardised assessment approaches relevant to this setting and the individual’s needs.
* Routinely provide detailed feedback to the MDT regarding observations in relation to occupational performance, which inform ongoing assessment, risk management and therapeutic intervention.
* Provide support and education to service users and carers regarding aspects of occupational therapy (e.g., equipment fitting, rehabilitation programmes, sensory issues, management of symptoms through occupation).
Note: The original description does not specify formal qualifications. Please refer to the advertised Trust requirements for the role.
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