Job summary
Band 6- Secure Care community OT
Forensic Intensive Recovery Support Team
Diploma, BSC or MSC in Occupational Therapy and current HCPC registration is essential for this post.
Are you ready for a new and exciting career opportunity?
Want to be part of a team highly commended in 2024 for innovation and improvement?
We have a band 6 OT vacancy in an highly respected and creative OT team that provides community care for those preparing to leave secure care offering transition planning in collaboration with the in-patient OT teams. You will work with the FIRST MDT to provide recovery focussed life skills interventions to support those living in the community. We strongly suggest a pre visit or a conversation with the OT Lead or one of our very approachable band 6 OT's.
The F.I.R.S.T Occupational Therapy service comprises of qualified Occupational Therapists, Technical Instructors, and an employment specialist. The OT team is integral to the wider multi-disciplinary team and diverse recovery team. The professional service is diverse and well resources.
Support staff well-being.
Consult with community agencies to develop and offer community facing pathways for our service users.
Engage our experts by experience in shaping service delivery.
Maintain effective record keeping and outcome/ activity data.
Offer high quality practice placement experiences.
Main duties of the job
Key tasks:
Provide a professional consultative role within an MDT.
Screen new referrals and consult with referrers.
Apply the OT process to develop collaborative goals and outcomes for our service users.
Deliver group and individual intervention in secure care and the community to promote life skills and support transition.
Manage challenging behaviours and manage risk.
Engage in service development.
We will offer you:
A warm welcome and induction package
Weekly meetings as a team to manage cases, referrals, and secure care & team updates.
Flexible working opportunities.
Opportunity to develop creative/innovative ideas.
Personal and professional development.
Opportunity for leadership and management developments through in house roles and formal training.
Support to engage with the Trust secure care AHP and OT peer groups.
Access to a range of clinical supervision or reflective sessions.
The aim is to ensure that people with a serious mental illness, learning disabilities or autism requiring secure services experience high quality, specialist care as close to home as appropriately possible. This specialist care will also relate to their local teams and support networks.
About us
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidates will need to demonstrate compassion for the challenges our service users face in transitions from secure care and from an occupational perspective assess the impact that mental illness, trauma, learning disabilities or autism and long-term institutionalisation have on functioning. You will need to demonstrate the ability to develop realistic plans of care that support service user engagement and promote recovery through professional assessment, clinical reasoning, and outcomes.
Effective communication, emotional intelligence, a positive attitude to team working and ability to promote our role in recovery are essential.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidates will need to demonstrate compassion for the challenges our service users face in transitions from secure care and from an occupational perspective assess the impact that mental illness, trauma, learning disabilities or autism and long-term institutionalisation have on functioning. You will need to demonstrate the ability to develop realistic plans of care that support service user engagement and promote recovery through professional assessment, clinical reasoning, and outcomes.
Effective communication, emotional intelligence, a positive attitude to team working and ability to promote our role in recovery are essential.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc, MSC, Occupational Therapy
Desirable
- Post grad professional qualification in relevant field e.g. sensory, leadership
Skills and Experience
Essential
- Can demonstrate experience of working in a mental health setting
- Can demonstrate how mental health impacts daily functioning
- references the role of secure care and facilitating discharge/experience of community work
- Demonstrates the use of a clinical model for formulating treatment
- Provides evidence of working collaboratively with MDT to provide care and treatment
- Evidences a collaborative recovery focussed approach
- Evidences supervisory skills junior staff/students
Desirable
- Evidences leading service development
Personal qualities
Essential
- Demonstrates organisational skills
- Gives examples of managing difficult situations, conflict, differences of opinion
- evidences use of personal reflection
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc, MSC, Occupational Therapy
Desirable
- Post grad professional qualification in relevant field e.g. sensory, leadership
Skills and Experience
Essential
- Can demonstrate experience of working in a mental health setting
- Can demonstrate how mental health impacts daily functioning
- references the role of secure care and facilitating discharge/experience of community work
- Demonstrates the use of a clinical model for formulating treatment
- Provides evidence of working collaboratively with MDT to provide care and treatment
- Evidences a collaborative recovery focussed approach
- Evidences supervisory skills junior staff/students
Desirable
- Evidences leading service development
Personal qualities
Essential
- Demonstrates organisational skills
- Gives examples of managing difficult situations, conflict, differences of opinion
- evidences use of personal reflection
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
FIRST community services building
Reaside Drive, Bristol Road South
Birmingham
B459BE
Employer's website
https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
