An excellent full time (37.5 hours) opportunity has arisen to come and be part of our dynamic and awarding winning occupational therapy service. As a service we have developed innovative ways of delivering occupational therapy in the Community Mental Health Recovery Services, including a variety of occupationally focused programmes. We use the Model of Human Occupation to guide all our occupational therapy assessments and interventions.

The interventions that you will be part of facilitating include:

• Occupation Matters Programme – a 20 week group which utilises Lifestyle Redesign© principles. This programme was developed within the Trust and has had a really positive impact on the lives of people who access our services.
• Recovery through Occupation – 6 week group which uses the Re-Motivation process to improve an individual’s motivation and social skills. Participants make significant improvements on the Volitional Questionnaire during this intervention. This is co-facilitated with Community Connections.
• New Horizons – our occupational therapy led discharge pathway enabling people to reconnect with their communities and previous roles to support a smooth transition from secondary services
• Individual occupational therapy
• Comprehensive occupational therapy assessments

The occupational therapy leadership team is committed to an extensive, co-ordinated CPD programme including supervision, care groups, Trust wide trainings, core competence training, and annual conferences. Staff are valued for their expertise in occupationally focussed interventions and specialist group therapy.

This post is a Band 5 development post which is an amazing opportunity to develop your occupational therapy skills through participating in the Developing Specialist Scheme provided by the Trust.

The Developing Specialist Scheme includes:

• Preceptorship

• Core skills training

• OT forums

• Regular supervision

Once the agreed competencies have been completed then you will progress to a Band 6 Occupational Therapist.

This post is open to newly qualified occupational therapist. Access to a car for work purposes is essential for this community post.

This post also provides an opportunity to develop skills in care coordinating individuals with an occupational therapy focus and being part of the assessment team. 50% of the post is completing pure occupational therapy, 50% is providing care coordination for people who have occupational needs.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SABP) is one of the largest Mental Health Trusts in the South East working collaboratively with, health, social care and voluntary organisations. We also work in partnership with university colleagues to develop research projects and funding streams.

If you are creative, committed to lifelong learning, good at using your initiative, and are committed to providing a high quality occupational therapy with recovery on your agenda then apply today.

If you have any questions please contact Louise Wiggins (Professional Lead for Occupational Therapy) at louise.wiggins@sabp.nhs.uk or 07825732925.