Community Occupational Therapist - Assertive Outreach South

Job summary

This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part-time, 22.5 hours per week. A Band 6 post within our well established multi-disciplinary Assertive outreach team based in Stroud.

The Assertive Outreach Team work within the principles of Intensive and assertive Outreach review and social inclusion to provide assessment and evidence based interventions for adults experiencing dual diagnosis, complex social difficulties. You will be motivated, conscientious and reliable with experience of working in a community setting, a car driver, able to care coordinate a caseload (within the CPA policy) and have IT skills. We are able to offer flexible working.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for someone who has a good understanding and high level of commitment to the recovery process and social inclusion. You will be expected to carry out thorough, informative OT assessments which will help inform treatment plans and support applications for care packages with complex and difficult to engage service users.

As a senior mental health worker in a multi-disciplinary team you will be able to offer supervision to more junior staff particularly those working on social inclusion and meaningful occupation to service users.

You will be supported in your continuous professional development and supervision is in place to support (you provision of a high quality service.

The post holder will have experience in working in the community, hold a professional qualification in Occupational Therapy with Health Professional Council Registration and be able to; manage a caseload, travel independently, have IT skills; having experience of working in a Community setting is required.

Supervision and continuing professional development will be integral to this post.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Weavers Croft

Field Road

Stroud

GL5 2HZ

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Weavers Croft

Field Road

Stroud

GL5 2HZ

Employer's website

https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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