Job summary
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.
Main duties of the job
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, creativeand 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.
About us
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
Job description
Job responsibilities
- 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 Workers 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 photographicID
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).
Job description
Job responsibilities
- 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 Workers 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 photographicID
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).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 3 qualification in a health-related area and experience of working in a health or care role (e.g. BTEC / NVQ Level 3 / Apprentice Level 3 in health-related area such as health and social care, public services)
Desirable
- Foundation Degree in Mental Health, occupational therapy or related subject or allied health professional qualification. OR Significant experience in a role delivering care in a mental health setting
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working in health/social care/mental health setting
- Experience of report/letter writing and form filling
- Experience of training others in technical/ leisure skills
- Experience of working both independently and in a team, as well as providing group and 1:1 interventions
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Ability to work single handed in ward and prison setting
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people who experience mental health problems
- Individual and Group work skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Level 3 qualification in a health-related area and experience of working in a health or care role (e.g. BTEC / NVQ Level 3 / Apprentice Level 3 in health-related area such as health and social care, public services)
Desirable
- Foundation Degree in Mental Health, occupational therapy or related subject or allied health professional qualification. OR Significant experience in a role delivering care in a mental health setting
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of working in health/social care/mental health setting
- Experience of report/letter writing and form filling
- Experience of training others in technical/ leisure skills
- Experience of working both independently and in a team, as well as providing group and 1:1 interventions
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Ability to work single handed in ward and prison setting
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people who experience mental health problems
- Individual and Group work skills
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.
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).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
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).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
