Job summaryAn excellent opportunity has arisen to come and be part of our transformational multi-agency HOMEFirst Alliance.
HomeFirst is an exciting initiative using multi-agency collaboration to provide enhanced, recovery-focused support in the community for those living with complex mental health difficulties, that often lead to admission to acute hospital.
As our Band 6 Occupational Therapist, you will deliver high quality and evidence based occupational therapy assessments, interventions and consultations to enable people who access services to reach their full potential.
Main duties of the job- Leadership: To participate to service development and audits, to provide mentoring/supervision to support workers/associate practitioners/activity coordinators, to represent occupational therapy within the multi-disciplinary team, to advocate and promote occupational therapy within the Trust.
- Clinical: To demonstrate occupational therapy skills in areas such as occupational identity and competency, occupational engagement, environmental adaptation, volition, development and maintenance of occupational skills. To contribute to the evaluation the effectiveness of occupational therapy interventions. To keep up to date with current evidence-based practice, research and National guidelines within your clinical area.
About usSurrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.Person SpecificationQualifications- Essential: HCPC Registration, Occupational Therapy professional qualification
Experience- Essential: Knowledge of occupational frames of reference and approaches, Knowledge of relevant assessment and treatment models
- Desirable: Experience of supporting students on placement
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
We look forward to receiving your application!