Occupational Therapist

Job overview
The Community Rehabilitation Service provides a flexible range of mental health interventions to help clients complex mental health needs to manage their mental health more effectively and remain in their own homes.
The team works in close partnership with Social Care and housing providers to ensure each client has the necessary resources available to enable them to engage in their rehab journey. Across the Community Rehabilitation teams, the clinical team consists of Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Nurses, and Support Workers.
We currently have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist to join our relatively new West Kent Community Rehabilitation Service.
The majority of work will be 9:00am - 5:00pm Monday to Friday, however, to meet some individual client needs, flexibility may be necessary in working evenings or weekends which would be planned and agreed in advance.
Base Site to be confirmed (either Albion Place in Maidstone or Highlands House in Tunbridge Wells).
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

Main duties of the job
To assist in identifying, developing and providing the Occupational Therapy contribution within the multi-disciplinary service in accordance with the needs of service users and the requirements of the rehabilitation service.
To assess, plan, deliver and evaluate rehabilitation interventions for service users.
To manage a defined caseload of service users with rehabilitation needs that is service user centred, offers hope and adopts NICE Guidance for rehabilitation to promote recovery, better mental and physical health, relapse prevention and skill development.

Working for our organisation
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated 'Good' by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It's why we're passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that's doing well together.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Training, Qualifications and Registration

Essential criteria

• Qualified and registered as an Occupational Therapist with Health and Care Professions Council.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of (either through previous employment or student placements) of people with mental health problems.
• Experience of (either through previous employment or student placements) of working with individuals and groups.
• Experience of applying the OT process.

Desirable criteria

• Documented evidence of Continuing Professional Development.

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

• Computer literate
• Knowledge of and ability to apply national policies and procedures including but not limited to confidentiality, consent, risk management, service user involvement.
• Knowledge in the application of relevant OT theoretical models, and approaches relevant to service user group.
• Basic factual knowledge of the importance of enabling people to do the things they want, need or are expected to do to support them in being well in life.

Other

Essential criteria

• To be aware and demonstrate the Trust values.
• To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area.

Important Information:
In cases where we receive a high volume of applications for a post, it may be necessary to bring the closing date forward. Please submit your completed application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
Due to the high volume of applications received, it is not possible to respond individually to your application. Should you not hear from us within six weeks of the vacancy closing, please assume that your application has not been successful.

Probation Period. New employees external to the trust are subject to a six-month probationary period.
To deliver an effective service it is essential in some of our roles that you are able to travel between work bases in a timely manner.
Production of false or forged documents/qualifications in order to obtain employment is a criminal offence and will be reported to the Police.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check.
Certain roles are subject to criminal record checks called Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks. Therefore, you will be required to submit a completed Disclosure form to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust are signed up to NHS England's Sexual Safety in Health Care Organisational Charter
The trust takes a systematic zero-tolerance approach to tackle any unwanted, inappropriate and/or harmful sexual behaviours within the workplace and in our care provision. We are committed to sexual safety which encompasses prevention, support and decisive action against perpetrators. We are committed to keeping you and our patients safe.

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