Are you interested in working in an inpatient rehabilitation setting, using your Occupational Therapy skills and expertise to help people with Complex Psychosis?
Suffolk Rehabilitation and Recovery Service are committed to implementation of the VdT Model of Creative Ability and training is available if you are not familiar with model.
Suffolk Rehabilitation and Recovery service (SRRS) are looking to recruit a full time band 6 Occupational Therapist.
Working with the band 5 Occupational Therapist, you will provide assessment and interventions either 1-1 or group based and also help to link service users into local community resources.
The wider team is made up of a Clinical Psychologist, Consultant Psychiatrist, Doctors, Nurses and Rehabilitation workers. SRRS is a 10 bedded, mixed gender ward in Ipswich.
This is an exciting time for the recovery pathway, as it is expanded to include a new community rehab team that will work in collaboration with the inpatient team. Occupational therapy is central in the rehabilitation approach so you will benefit from having links with the OTs within the community team.
Main duties of the job
* Assessment of Activities of Daily Living
* Leading implementation of VdT Model Of Creative Ability (training is available)
* Occupational Formulation
* Planning and carrying out interventions
* Contributing to care planning and risk assessment
* Oversee the process and implementation of service user meal preparation
* Group facilitation
* Promoting recovery approach within the wider MDT
* Support discharge planning, working with community teams
* Provide outreach visits where indicated as part of the discharge process
* Helping to oversee the ward timetable and also taking a lead in creating individual weekly planners based on level of functioning and goals.
* Attending reviews and professionals meetings
* Establishing and maintaining links with community services
* Supervision of band 5 OT
About us
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Job responsibilities
Please see the generic job description attached. This is an inpatient rehabilitation role, and will require supervision and development of a band 5 OT.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Diploma / Degree in OT
* Clinical supervisor qualification or willing to work towards.
Experience
* Post registration experience in mental health.
* Documentary evidence of continuing professional development
* Experience of MDT working
* Supervising students / staff
Knowledge
* Knowledge of mental health and best practice in OT
* Reflective practice
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Suffolk Rehabilitation and Recovery Service
£39,959 to £48,117 a year gross per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Reference number
246-ESU7725207-B
Job locations
Suffolk Rehabilitation and Recovery Service
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