About this role
Job summary Would you like to be an integral part of our established multidisciplinary Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Team and be directly involved in its future development? Do you have the vision, energy and interest to work with this client group and their carers?
Your work will be guided by Early Intervention philosophy, which embraces the Social Inclusion and Recovery agenda. You will be using your evidence based clinical skills to contribute to the provision of an Occupational Therapy (OT) service for young adults with emerging complex mental health difficulties, both on an individual basis and in our established groups. You will have the opportunity to work within a diverse community to develop quality services to improve the lives of local people.
Main duties of the job
Your duties will include the use of Occupational Therapy tools (MoHO), vocational and generic assessments, care planning as a care coordinator, implementation and evaluation of care, as well as providing support to carers. The EIP service delivers a structured group programme, and you will work closely with and supervise the Support Time and Recovery Worker (STR) to colead, implement, and evaluate this programme, ensuring it remains responsive to service user needs. You will be working collaboratively within the MDT in establishing close working links with statutory and voluntary organisations and partnerships.
There are currently very exciting local initiatives within Waltham Forest such as our Recovery College, Individual Placement Support (IPS) workers, and our nationally recognised Coping Through Football service. In addition, you will have lots of opportunity to develop new initiatives.
The Trust has an established Preceptorship Programme and there are OTs present in our co-located Mental Health & Wellbeing and Physical Health Teams, offering informal/formal support and supervision. In addition, there are OTs based across other NELFT EIP services, offering valuable opportunities for networking, collaboration and informal peer support Salary for band 5 is £32,073 - £39,043 (plus outer HCAS) Salary for band 6 is £39,959 - £48,117 (plus outer HCAS)
About us NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex.
We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.
Job description Job responsibilities
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT. They are:
We are kind. We are respectful. We work together with our communities. These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
Starting with NELFT NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes Hospital.
High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15%of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,870 and a maximum payment of £6,137 per annum, pro rata for part time)
Certificates of Sponsorship Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust. Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.
CONTACT DETAILS FOR INFORMAL CHATS OR VISITS
Catherine Quaine, EIP Team manager
07927 588389
Nick Bertram, Joint Lead OT
07785 720583
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
BSc (Hons) or equivalent Occupational Therapy qualification Current HCPC Registration Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
Desirable
Clinical Supervision training Evidence of post qualification training
Experience Essential
At least one years experience in the health or social care system working as an occupational therapist assistant/technical Instructor Working with other teams and agencies Assess, plan, implement, evaluate OT interventions Facilitate OT interventions within a range of different environments. Work with people who present challenging behaviour Experience of working on inpatient mental health ward/forensic mental health/community Experience of application of Standardised Assessments and Outcome Measures Experience in conducting ADL assessments and producing clear and concise ADL reports Safeguarding adults and/or children
Desirable
Clinical Supervision training Evidence of post qualification training Preceptorship completion Successfully engaging community-based partners and agencies in achieving outcomes for service users Personal / lived experience of mental health problems
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 NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Address Jane Atkinson Centre
Waltham Forest
London
E17 3HP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)