Assistant Practitioner - Occupational Therapy West Bromwich, England
Job description
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to work for a newly established service in the Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
We require an highly motivated individual to join our Adult Autism Intensive Support Team.
Based predominantly in the community, the post holder will take an active role in the provision of Occupational Therapy interventions.
Main duties of the job
Working with qualified therapists, these posts offer the opportunity to develop skills in support individuals who may require reasonable adjustments to access services, enhanced care planning and provision of therapeutic interventions. This includes, but is not limited to:
Everyday living skills and social inclusion
Sensory processing and engagement
Communication and interaction, and
Enabling environments
Experience of working with individuals with neurodiversity and/or mental health needs is essential to the post.
Working for our organisation
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.
Across the whole of the region we provide:
- Adult and older adult mental health services
- Specialist learning disability services
- Mental health services for children and young people
- Community healthcare services for children, young people and families in Dudley
Person specification
Assessment
Essential criteria
- NVQ level 3 in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Intervention or equivalent qualification (e.g. relevant BTEC, access course)
Desirable criteria
- Experience of sharing the delivery of training to a variety of recipients, both professional and non-professional.
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 30 per week
Salary: £23,949.00-£26,282.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Canteen
- Childcare
- Company car
- Company events
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring programme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Financial planning services
- Flexitime
- Free flu jabs
- Free or subsidised travel
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Store discount
- Wellness programme
Schedule:
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
Licence/Certification:
- NVQ level 3 in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Intervention (required)
Work Location: One location
Reference ID: 285-8426-LD
