Band 3 Occupational Therapy Support Worker - Salisbury

Band 3 Occupational Therapy Support Worker - Salisbury Salisbury, England

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Full Time Salisbury, England 22816 - 24336 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Occupational Therapy service based at Fountain Way Salisbury, for an Occupational Therapy Support Worker to join the multi-disciplinary team on based on Amblescroft North.

Amblescroft North is a 20 bedded mixed gender in-patient unit that cares for individuals predominantly over the age of 65 years experiencing mental illness of a functional nature.

Dedicated support via clinical and managerial supervision will be provided alongside opportunities for continual professional development via the apprenticeship programme.

The post holder will work alongside an established, experienced and supportive team as part of a multi-disciplinary service and will be able to access support from the wider Occupational Therapy service at Fountain way.

We are looking for a dynamic; forward thinking, enthusiastic and well-motivated Occupational Therapy Support Worker to be involved in the delivery of therapeutic interventions on the ward and to support the Occupational Therapist with assessments and treatment plans using the Occupational Therapy process.

High levels of professionalism, flexibility and excellent communication skills are required to work effectively in this role. Previous experience in mental health and running groups would be desirable

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust)a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

The post holder will become an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team on Amblescroft North. Working alongside the registered Occupational Therapist to assess cognitive and functional ability in order to develop individualised and collaborative treatment plans for our service users.

You will be expected when required to contribute to multi-disciplinary meetings on the progress of our service users and what is required going forward towards discharge and will contribute to weekly synopsis updates.

You will be flexible in your approach to building therapeutic relationships with service users and will work collaboratively with the Activity Support Workers, Speech and Language Practitioner and Physiotherapist.

Band 3 Occupational Therapy Support Worker - Salisbury
Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

www.awp.nhs.uk
Bath, United Kingdom
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Company - Private
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