Occupational Therapy Assistant - Young Adults Service London, England
Job description
Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner & works in partnership to provide responsive & dependable primary care, mental health, intellectual disability & substance misuse services to the diverse & culturally rich communities we serve.
As part of a brand new Young Adults service, we are looking for an enthusiastic & forward thinking Occupational Therapist Assistant. They will join an energised multidiscipline team to provide innovative care for young women in custody. This client group has a complexity of health & social needs. Being in custody offers a unique opportunity to reach this group & provide health care that can improve life-long outcomes. By joining our Prisons Health Care Team, you will have a real impact on promoting health & well-being of those in custody. As an OTA you will provide a valued & uniquely contribute to a multi-disciplined approach to care.
This post will also offer the opportunity to contribute to the evaluation of service, sharing good practice & learning with our justice partners as well as wider stakeholders.
Our motto is ‘Caring not Judging’. By working in partnership with the criminal justice system and other agencies, we provide effective and responsive care for those who may have a history of offending and may be at risk of reoffending in the future. The opportunity of engagement in custody means we can enable people to improve their wellbeing, supporting better outcomes in the future.
The OT Assistant will have a dynamic job, supporting the implementation of intervention for young adults with complex needs at HMP Bronzefield. This will include work on an allocated wing, as well as working with young people in other locations within the prison.
Under supervision the post holder will develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care on an individual and group basis and hold an individual case.
An essential part of this role will be working alongside partnership agencies, operational colleagues and other organisations that provide care, enrichment and support of the individuals that we work with. The role will include working closely within the multi-disciplined specialist team. This will involve being responsive to the needs of fluctuating mental health needs of prisoners and remaining mindful of the unique challenges faced by women within a custodial setting.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust offers its staff ongoing career progression through:
- Monthly supervision
- Annual personal development plans/appraisals
- Access to exciting internal and external training opportunities.
- Preceptorship Programme
- Support and guidance with Revalidation
- Hidden Gem and annual award ceremonies
- Health and wellbeing services
- Season ticket loans
- Cycle to work scheme
- Relocation package
All of our sites in Surrey offer free use of the onsite leisure facilities and free parking for staff.
As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Under supervision the post holder will:
- Offer individual and group intervention in response to the needs of service users
- Attend team meetings and prison forums that contribute to the care and safety of young adults in custody
- Offer a high level of care that is accessible to those with varying communication requirements
- Assess and manage risk, inline with local and trust policy. This will include a working understanding and response of safeguarding responsibilities as well as a dynamic approach to risk assessment and management
- Support the learning of colleague as needed
