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Do you have skills in motivating people, building people’s independence and supporting people to achieve their Recovery goals?

The Occupational and Fitness Therapy team in Secure and Forensic inpatient Services is looking for a motivated and experiencedOccupational Therapy Assistant Practitionerfor 12 months to cover an internal secondment at Northside House, based in Norwich. Northside House has three wards, two medium (Catton and Drayton) and one low secure (Blakeney). The post holder would be linked to Blakeney ward, but may be asked to work across other wards dependent on service need.

Your role would be to take a Recovery-focussed approach to instil hope, inspire confidence, and work collaboratively with service users to build on life skills andmeet their individual goals. You will work alongside the wider MDT, Service users, Occupational Therapists and Fitness Therapy Technical Instructors, to assess and work towards people's rehabilitation aims.

NSFT Secure Mental Health Services have been consistently rated Good by the CQC and we need you to join us on our journey to Outstanding.

As a part of the wider NSFT Secure Services OFT team, the post-holder will receive regular clinical and management supervision, and also professional and governance support from within our knowledgeable, friendly and supportive team.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

Benefits

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more

The role is varied, creative, and an exciting opportunity to bring your own skills to add to the team. Your time would be divided between offering therapeutic sessions on the ward and supporting people to access facilities in the local community. Each day will vary and be led by the needs of the service users. This will include facilitating group or one-to-one sessions in areas such as cooking, art, relaxation, self-care skills, leisure interests, community, vocational, domestic and social skills to name but a few.

You will be required to attend MDT discussions such as Clinical Reviews, deputising for the Occupational Therapist when needed/appropriate. You will also be asked to contribute to Occupational Therapy assessments, such as MOHOST, under the guidance of a registered Occupational Therapist.

We are looking for someone who has experience of working with adult mental health service users and can adapt their skills to work with our client group.

Secondments will be considered.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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