About this role
Job summary
We are delighted that our well-established Pathway for adults with a learning disability is being enhanced by recruiting Occupational Therapists. This enhances the MDT offer for people with a learning disability, across the Black Country.
We are looking for a dynamic and capable Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our established community learning disability team.
Occupational Therapy is a core role in our teams working alongside other disciplines. You should be confident in developing and delivering recovery focused interventions across all occupational domains with both individuals and groups.
Main duties of the job
OT has a core role that requires dedication from the whole team to deliver shared pathways to service users which helps them to become more independent and live in the least restrictive environment.
To manage, assess, plan and implement interventions for a caseload of complex service users with a diagnosed learning disability, addressing occupational performance and skills deficits to meet service user's needs. The community core offer is wide and offers variety to the role, including assessments and treatment formulation is: Sensory Integration, Falls, equipment provision to enhance ADL, promoting independence in skills, postural care and seating for function, supporting good mental wellbeing and promoting good routines and occupational balance.
About us
The Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health trust providing a range of services to people across Sandwell, Dudley, Walsall and Wolverhampton. Our vision is to improve health and well-being for people of all ages across the Black Country.
We provide first-rate care to our patients and have been rated as 'Good' by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in a recent inspection. Our clinical sites are among some of the most forward-thinking in the country, where teams ensure we are consistently offering patients respect and dignity, high quality care and a positive experience. Our
community teams provide outstanding generic and specialist care closer to home, proactively supporting patients away from a hospital setting.
This role will be diverse and exciting, the needs of the service mean that the post holder must be able to work flexibly with other community teams to provide OT across the Black Country.
The role offers a wide variety of opportunities to develop and extend your skills. We offer a commitment to support staff, regular supervision and CPD from our band 7 advanced practitioner Occupational Therapist.
We offer the opportunity to develop skills utilising training and work shadowing and offer extensive support, utilising reflective practice groups, peer and individual supervision.
Job description Job responsibilities
The team will provide a full range of assessments, interventions, support, training and advice to individuals themselves, their families and paid carers and the network of multi-agency stakeholders who are involved in the care and support of this complex client group. Guided by the recovery model, the team will also maintain close liaison with the range of existing and new specialist mental health community teams, and social care agencies across the Black Country in order to ensure that people with a learning disability are also well supported by the full range of services and opportunities that meet their whole life person centred needs and aspirations.
Working alongside the band 7 advanced practitioner OT, you will be completing a variety of assessments and treatments that work towards a set of developing standards these include:
Ensure that the individual has good occupational balance
Ensuring that the individual has a balance of occupations that meets their health needs
Ensure that individuals have occupations made accessible to them
Ensure that individuals are free from barriers to occupations
Ensure that individuals have occupations that are valued by themselves and their community that change throughout their lives.
Person Specification
Education and qualification Essential
Diploma or degree (Occupational Therapy) HCPC Registered
Experiance Essential
Experience of working with Adults with a Learning Disability
Desirable
Post Grad training in sensory integration and postural care
Knowledge Essential
Assessment and treatment in Learning Disabilities Audit and Service improvement
Skill Essential
To work on own initiative MDT working Supervision of staff/students
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address Community Learning Disability Service
44 Pond Lane
Wolverhampton
WV2 1HG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)