Occupational Therapist

Job overview

The Community Forensic Team has an opportunity for an Occupational Therapist to join the team. This is a new role within the core team and we are excited to work alongside you to develop its implementation and growth for our service users.

We are looking for someone who embodies LPFT values and is able to work flexibly under their own initiative and as part of a wider MDT. Collaborative working is essential to this role as are excellent communication skills.

The Community Forensic Team (CFT), work with service users to support them to live their best lives in the community. We do this by providing specialist assessments and interventions for our patient group including those within the transforming care cohort. We work with mentally disordered offenders who present a significant risk of harm to others by nature of their mental disorder, including those subject to conditional discharge under Part 3 of the Mental Health Act or Supervised Community Treatment Orders (CTO’s).

We work with those presenting with complex mental health needs who are involved in the criminal justice system including those conditionally discharged and living in the community under MOJ restrictions and with the Transforming Care cohort who present with forensic needs.

Main duties of the job

To complete functional assessments using evidence-based assessment tools and complete/ advise the intervention plan that is recommended from these.

To assess, deliver and supervise graded activity.

To complete community and home assessments.

To provide a high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools.

To work flexibly across a 5-day-a-week service.

To delegate aspects of the patient treatment plan to other members of the team, whilst maintaining overall responsibility for patients' care, where appropriate.

Liaison with MAPPA, the MOJ and National Probation Service (NPS) regarding high-risk individuals including attendance at MAPPA meetings as directed and guided by the team manager.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To work autonomously, with the ability to organise and manage own time according to delegated workload.

To take accountability for own professional practice.

Ability to formulate a risk assessment and risk management plan, including application of the HCR-20 risk assessment under the supervision and guidance of the clinical psychologist.

To complete functional assessments using evidence based assessment tools and complete/ advise the intervention plan that is recommended from these.

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

• Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
• Competitive annual leave allowance
• Car leasing scheme
• NHS pension scheme
• Free eye tests
• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.