About this role
Job summary
The Occupational Therapy Assistant assists the Occupational Therapist to enable patients to participate in meaningful activity, one-to-one or group intervention work and to facilitate the building of skills and access to resources for sustainable recovery and timely discharge. You will also assist with assessments using the MOHOST Single Observation Tool.
Under direction from the Occupational Therapist, the Occupational Therapy Assistant will plan and implement both individual and group interventions within the ward environments, and in the local community following assessment by the occupational therapist.
You will support patients to achieve goals around independence, and to symptoms and to build a meaningful life.
You will assist patients with graded plans to access community resources, to work on building their daily living skills or help them engage in activities that they identify as meaningful to them and their recovery.
The Occupational Therapy Assistant will also develop positive working relationships with community partner agencies supporting effective partnership working. You will actively be supporting the patient to link up with community resources and groups that will support the patient's discharge and allow them to continue accessing these to maintain their wellbeing and prevent readmission.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be able to:
Assist and support a comprehensive Occupational Therapy treatment program for Service Users under the supervision of an Occupational Therapist.
Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and contribute to overall provision of a high quality service.
Maintain clear links with the profession's structures and your professional leads within the Trust and adhere to the professional standards and codes of conduct.
Build a collaborative relationship with Service Users that will promote engagement in the therapeutic process.
In liaison with the Occupational Therapists, to select activities appropriate to Service User needs and carry these out.
Engage with a service user to develop or maintain skills for independent living such as cooking, managing the home environment, creating an activity timetable, managing self-care, increasing exercise tolerance.
Communicate objective treatment outcomes for defined Service Users both verbally through MDT evaluations, team integration and telephone and non-verbally through documentation.
Actively engage in clinical supervision with a designated Occupational Therapist.
Full details are contained within the attached Job Description and
Person Specification
About us
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.
Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles(this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
Job description Job responsibilities
We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.
All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team [email protected]
Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.
If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read theCandidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Health and social care level 2 NVQ or equivalent
Skills Essential
Able to de-escalate individuals in acute distress Need to be able to demonstrate understanding of the purpose of meaningful activity and occupation in recovery.
Experience Essential
Have experience working with working age adults with mental health diagnosis and challenging behaviours
Values Desirable
Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue. Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help. Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.
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.
Employer details Employer name Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address Becklin Ward 1
Leeds
LS9 7BE
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)