We strongly believe that our services should be person centered and enable the people we work with to have choice and control in their lives and reach their potential as individuals and members of their community. This is a great opportunity to work within a multi-disciplinary team of specialist health care professionals who provide assessment, advice, therapeutic interventions and support to adults who have learning disabilities and complex health needs and people with an autism diagnosis. The role is varied and highly rewarding and will include collaborative working with colleagues across BSW and within primary and secondary care.
Main Responsibilities
* To independently manage a complex caseload using advanced clinical reasoning to support assessments. This will use a client-centred approach to current evidence base to assess, plan, implement, evaluate and document occupational therapy Interventions.
* To provide specialist occupational therapy and MDT working to fulfil clinical responsibilities in managing complex needs; challenging behaviour; dementia; autism; profound and multiple disabilities and those in transition from children to adult services.
* To contribute to the coordination of the dementia pathway as required.
* To act in an advisory capacity to Individuals, families, and support staff, providing evidence-based information and training as required.
* Autonomous day to day management of a defined caseload, supporting Individuals to receive a comprehensive assessment of needs and risks.
* Ensure effective communication where there may be barriers to understanding and acceptance, developing close working relationships between service users, families, carers, and all relevant agencies, both Internal and external.
Company Overview
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's 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.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're 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 doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can. As you'd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
Benefits & Rewards
As a Band 6 Specialist Occupational Therapist you will be part of our valued team in our Learning Disabilities, Autism and Neurodiversity (LDAN) Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
* Band 6 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
* Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
* Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
* Online and face-to-face help with your mental and physical wellbeing - from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
* Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our 'Outstanding' learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
* An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care - backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
* The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding "good" or "outstanding" ratings from the Care Quality Commission
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