Occupational Therapy Assistant Epsom, England
Job description
This is a brilliant opportunity to join the Care Home Pathways Team, based within the Mid Surrey Community Mental Health Team for older people.
Suitable for someone who is passionate and committed to providing excellent, high-quality care to the people who access our service and their carers/families and who shares the following values:
A commitment to viewing behaviour in dementia as meaningful and understandable.
Reframing problems or challenges as creative opportunities or possibilities to experiment with innovative ideas.
A desire to enable people with dementia to live healthy lives.
Being prepared to act as a person-centred role model to inspire staff teams to offer compassionate and dignified care to people with dementia.
A strong commitment to a learning culture where reflection, training and supervision are used to develop self-awareness, improve clinical outcomes, and develop team functioning.
A belief in learning from experts by experience: valuing the perspectives offered by the person with dementia, family, and carers.
Valuing tact, integrity and diplomacy when providing sensitive feedback or handling emotionally charged situations.
The Occupational Therapy Service has a robust CPD offer and we offer bimonthly forums and Core skills training.
