About this role
Job summary
We are looking for an Senior Occupational Therapist to join the Discovery programme. Discovery is a psychological and occupational therapy informed intervention for female and male offenders with personality disorder who are living in the community. Discovery aims to assist service-users in transition from custody to the community, to achieve pro-social community living and to enable effective risk management. The Discovery team consists of Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Offender Managers and Housing and Resettlement. You will work with service-users to develop occupational therapy formulations, provide occupation-focussed occupational therapy intervention and contribute to overall psychological and risk formulation.
Main duties of the job
You need to have experience of working as part of multi-disciplinary teams with people with complex mental health problems. You need to be able to demonstrate commitment to delivering theory-led and evidenced-based intervention.
The work of Discovery is challenging at both professional and personal levels. To support this work, the Discovery team actively maintain a reflective and supportive culture. You will be provided with extensive training and development opportunities and have profession specific supervision.
The office base is situated in Leeds. You will be required to travel by car within the Yorkshire region on a regular basis.
Please do contact us for further information
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
Have masters, degree or diploma level of Occupational Therapy qualification and registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Skills Essential
The ability to provide holistic occupation-focused occupational therapy to offenders with 'personality disorder'.
Experience Essential
Experience of working with people with personality disorder or with people with mental health experience which could be described as akin to personality disorder or with people with complex mental health / psychological problems
Knowledge Essential
Have an understanding of the importance of the therapeutic relationship in working with people complex mental health problems and the ability to establish and maintain effective therapeutic relationships
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.
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 Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address Offender Personality Disorder Service
Leeds
LS12 3QE
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)