Job summary
The post holder will work as a Technical Instructor within The Beacon Centre Day Service, based in Edgware. The Beacon Centre provides inpatient and day service treatment for young people (aged 13-18) with acute and severe forms of mental illness. These include major mood disorders, psychosis, severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, eating disorders, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and emerging Personality Disorders. It provides evidence based specialist mental health assessment and intervention, in order to meet crisis, acute and treatment needs.
The post will involve delivery of the day service provision to young people in crisis, focusing on functional daily living skills and specific mental health and risk issues. The aim of the service is to prevent inpatient admission and reduce length of stay for young people accessing the inpatient service. This role will include the planning and facilitating of a range of therapeutic individual and group work as delegated by the day service nurse lead. The patients are young people with diverse needs and presentations.
The aim of the work is to increase each patient's level of independence and to help them to acquire the appropriate life skills as well as providing a therapeutic, recreation and leisure opportunities that may contribute to recovery.
Main duties of the job
- To work alongside the Day Service Lead during the initial interview and induction process of the Young Person.
- To liaise with the Day Service Lead regarding the functional ability of individual patients and implementation of treatment programmes.
- To follow the referral process for patients attending sessions ensuring that appropriate security and risk procedures are adhered to.
- To ensure that a range of activities is available so that individual treatment programmes can be implemented.
- To ensure that treatment programmes and activities are carried out to a competent standard.
- To support the Day Service Lead in maintaining the timetable of activities and to ensure that changes are communicated to patients appropriately.
About us
EH-MHT Vision and Values
Our vision
Our vision is embedded within our clinical strategy. We want to help people live, love, do.
- Live - A safe and secure place to call home
- Love - Re-building relationships which may have broken down during a period of illness
- Do - Help people to find a meaningful activity - that may be getting back into employment or further education
Our values
The Trust's values are:
- Compassion
- Respect
- Being Positive
- Working together
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To engage with young people that may present with challenging behaviours, working in keeping with the team approach for that individual.
- To liaise regarding potential patient attendance or involvement, as appropriate, with other disciplines and agencies in Health, Social Service, Education, the voluntary and private sectors. In particular to ensure links with local education providers are maintained and progressed.
- To liaise with Northgate school as required regarding young peoples attendance and progress.
- To ensure that relevant records, reports and treatment status and electronic notes are completed to departmental guidelines.
- To receive and give feedback, to and from, relevant members of the multidisciplinary team, before and after sessions and to provide written reports where necessary.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To engage with young people that may present with challenging behaviours, working in keeping with the team approach for that individual.
- To liaise regarding potential patient attendance or involvement, as appropriate, with other disciplines and agencies in Health, Social Service, Education, the voluntary and private sectors. In particular to ensure links with local education providers are maintained and progressed.
- To liaise with Northgate school as required regarding young peoples attendance and progress.
- To ensure that relevant records, reports and treatment status and electronic notes are completed to departmental guidelines.
- To receive and give feedback, to and from, relevant members of the multidisciplinary team, before and after sessions and to provide written reports where necessary.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of motivating people to attend sessions or take part in activities
- Experience of working as a team member
- Experience of managing own time effectively to meet clinical and administrative tasks.
- Experience of planning and running therapeutic groups and sessions.
Desirable
- Experience of working with people with mental health problems in CAMHS setting
- Experience of working within a ward setting or MDT
- Experience of observing clients within activities in order to contribute to OT assessments
Skills
Essential
- Effective skills in a range of activities e.g. Computing, cooking, crafts, exercise, music.
- Ability to modify activities to meet fluctuating needs and abilities.
- Ability to motivate patients to attend and participate in sessions
- Ability to effectively demonstrate skills and impart knowledge to others (staff and patients) on daily basis
- Potential to plan and lead practical and discussion groups independently.
- Ability to sustain demands of working with potentially challenging client group
- Able to use supervision and training opportunities to develop and apply own knowledge of client group and therapeutic use of graded activities
Desirable
- Ability to carry out assessments of clients within specialist area and design programme of activity accordingly.
- Ability to monitor and evaluate provision of therapeutic activities in specialist area and to modify and devise programmes accordingly.
Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness of the role and clinical focus of Occupational Therapy
- A working knowledge of mental health problems such as anxiety, depression and psychosis
- An understanding of issues of confidentiality
- An awareness of risk as applied to this setting
- Working knowledge of a range of activities and an awareness of how they may be used in a therapeutic way
Desirable
- A working knowledge of Occupational Therapy
- Awareness of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act and its significance for service users and impact on clinical practice
- An understanding of risk assessment and risk management
Education
Essential
- NVQ 3 or equivalent experience and/or training
- Evidence of achievement and personal success
Desirable
- Training in the specific activities relevant to client group e.g. Cookery, Art/craft, IT, ESOL.
- Training to develop clinical skills eg. Basic counselling skills or group work skills
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of motivating people to attend sessions or take part in activities
- Experience of working as a team member
- Experience of managing own time effectively to meet clinical and administrative tasks.
- Experience of planning and running therapeutic groups and sessions.
Desirable
- Experience of working with people with mental health problems in CAMHS setting
- Experience of working within a ward setting or MDT
- Experience of observing clients within activities in order to contribute to OT assessments
Skills
Essential
- Effective skills in a range of activities e.g. Computing, cooking, crafts, exercise, music.
- Ability to modify activities to meet fluctuating needs and abilities.
- Ability to motivate patients to attend and participate in sessions
- Ability to effectively demonstrate skills and impart knowledge to others (staff and patients) on daily basis
- Potential to plan and lead practical and discussion groups independently.
- Ability to sustain demands of working with potentially challenging client group
- Able to use supervision and training opportunities to develop and apply own knowledge of client group and therapeutic use of graded activities
Desirable
- Ability to carry out assessments of clients within specialist area and design programme of activity accordingly.
- Ability to monitor and evaluate provision of therapeutic activities in specialist area and to modify and devise programmes accordingly.
Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness of the role and clinical focus of Occupational Therapy
- A working knowledge of mental health problems such as anxiety, depression and psychosis
- An understanding of issues of confidentiality
- An awareness of risk as applied to this setting
- Working knowledge of a range of activities and an awareness of how they may be used in a therapeutic way
Desirable
- A working knowledge of Occupational Therapy
- Awareness of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act and its significance for service users and impact on clinical practice
- An understanding of risk assessment and risk management
Education
Essential
- NVQ 3 or equivalent experience and/or training
- Evidence of achievement and personal success
Desirable
- Training in the specific activities relevant to client group e.g. Cookery, Art/craft, IT, ESOL.
- Training to develop clinical skills eg. Basic counselling skills or 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).
