Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist
Main Responsibilities: To carry a clinical caseload and operate as the Occupational Therapy Lead for the Community Forensic Learning Disability Service; supporting people with a learning disability who are at risk of hospital admission, criminal justice intervention, or placement breakdown in the community. Provide leadership and highly specialised clinical expertise in Occupational Therapy focusing on rehabilitation and recovery through meaningful occupation based on evidence-based practice.
To provide clinical and managerial supervision to OT colleagues and students. Ensure an occupational balance in self-care, productivity, and leisure activities for individuals following a range of occupational therapy and sensory assessments to determine function and provide specific interventions with individual goals and outcome measures.
Support the development of independent living skills, including vocations or employment, which promotes social inclusion and improves quality of life, reducing the risk of occupational deprivation. Utilise core skills of collaboration, assessment, enablement, problem-solving, using activity as a therapeutic tool including activity analysis, adaptation and grading, environmental adaptation, and group work when appropriate.
Use a range of assessment tools within a model of practice and frames of reference alongside the Occupational Therapy process. To undertake a thorough highly specialist assessment of new referrals using a range of tools that require skilled interpretation and analysis.
To provide comprehensive risk assessment of offending and/or other complex behaviours and provide risk management strategies and recommendations. Following assessment, to derive a formulation and plan of intervention negotiating this with the service user, the MDT, and carers where appropriate.
To provide a range of appropriate highly specialist evidence-based interventions based on the assessed need of the referral. To evaluate the outcome of any interventions.
To undertake on occasions urgent or emergency assessments, including risk assessments. To provide recommendations for a gatekeeping assessment where appropriate.
To develop complex service specifications and ensure they inform future practice. Please refer to attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities. Please note, the attached job description relates to roles across Mersey Care Trust.
Applicants for this role are expected to have specific experience and interest in supporting individuals with a learning disability and/or autistic people who may present risks to themselves and/or others. Experience of Multi-Disciplinary and Multi-agency working in community settings is essential for the role.
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