Overview
Are you passionate about high quality health and social care for people with a learning disability? Would you like to work with a highly skilled and experienced multidisciplinary team? Do you enjoy working with individuals to understand their care needs and ensure they receive high quality care and support? An exciting opportunity has arisen for an occupational therapist who is keen to work with people with learning disabilities who have complex health needs and/or challenging behaviour/mental health needs, and to develop their skills in this area by joining our county-wide Learning Disability Service. You will provide high quality care within the Intensive Support Service for adults with Learning Disabilities in Wiltshire as part of a county wide provision. You will work as an integral team member within a multi-disciplinary environment, providing specialist occupational therapy assessments and interventions for adults, who experience a range of complex mental health and behavioural difficulties. The intensive support service caseload is split across the teams clinicians, and all individuals will have a crisis element to their care needs.
Responsibilities
* To be professionally accountable for a designated caseload referred to the service for adults with learning disabilities who have profound and multiple disabilities and complex health needs which may include challenging behaviour.
* To work as a key member of an integrated county wide multidisciplinary team.
* Support and contribute to the development of the learning disability service in accordance with the objectives and principles of Valuing People Now 2009.
* To delegate and supervise the work of junior staff within the service.
* To support the Clinical Lead Occupational Therapist with the prioritisation, planning, development and delivery of a high quality occupational therapy service and deputise in their absence (e.g. attending meetings, responding to referrals, ensuring appropriate cover).
Requirements
Due to the nature of this role valid UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential.
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
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