Job Description

To support and enhance the professional occupation focused care of offenders within the service, across all sectors of care; providing occupational therapy screenings and occupational therapy interventions under the supervision of a qualified professional occupational therapist, working independently according to a plan agreed with the qualified occupational therapist and within the overall framework of the team's policies and procedures. You will work in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to enable service users to reach their recovery potential and develop the skills necessary to manage their mental illness. You will motivate service users to engage it meaningful and purposeful activity within the prison community and encourage re-integration by liaising with prison staff and other stakeholders within the prison to promote social inclusion.



Post holder to be expected to work one day per week completing generic duties with the integrated mental health team as directed by the operational manager.

Important Sponsorship Information for this post:

We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.



Key Task and Responsibilities



To manage your own workload



To work independently under the supervision of a registered OT as a member of the MDT



Use technical, creative and psychosocial skills to assist in providing therapeutic activities for individuals/groups of service users



To take responsibility for leading on the development of service user projects



Communicate with service users/carers



Provide feedback on therapeutic activities to supervisor, OT colleagues and MDT



Have an awareness of social inclusion and skills development and ensure activities used focus on these objectives



To undertake additional delegated responsibilities as directed by OT supervisor



Post holder to be expected to work one day per week completing generic duties with the integrated mental health team as directed by the operational manager.



Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.



We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.



Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:



We're Kind



We're Fair



We Listen



We Care



To exercise good personal time management, punctuality, and consistent reliable attendance

To support service users within HMP Wandsworth, offering a range of therapeutic activities as well as encourage access to work and educational activities within the prison to promote social inclusion

To attend all relevant mandatory training as directed by the Trust

To contribute to CPD through participation in training and development opportunities

To attend the Trust wide OT Support Worker's Development group



To participate in and contribute to the development of the service locally

To ensure relevant national and local polices are implemented

To review and reflect on own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal guided by KSF.



To work effectively as a member of a team in providing a program of ward, department or wing based therapeutic activities. To use technical, creative, psychosocial and daily living skills to engage service users in therapeutic activities to promote independence, wellbeing and social inclusion Under supervision of a registered OT, facilitate/co-facilitate planned group work and individual activities Contribute to formal OT assessments of service users under the guidance of a registered OT and provide feedback on service users occupational functioning Under supervision assist and support service users to achieve their goals To engage in the ongoing assessment and treatment of service users and adjust own clinical interventions based on the fluctuating needs of the service users. To assist in the implementation, evaluation, and modification of OT interventions Under the supervision of a registered OT, develop and implement specific socially inclusive projects to meet the needs of service users. To undertake delegated tasks to contribute to the safe and smooth running of the service

IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:

All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.

You will need to provide:

Proof of right to work documentation



Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic ID



Proof of address documentation



Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.

Address History:

5 years address history will be needed.



Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.



Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited .



In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants



If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website ( http://www.fco.gov.uk/en ).