Occupational Therapist

Job overview

We are delighted that our well-established Pathway for adults with a learning disability is being enhanced by recruiting Occupational Therapists. This enhances the MDT offer for people with a learning disability, across the Black Country.

We are looking for a dynamic and capable Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our established community learning disability team.

Occupational Therapy is a core role in our teams working alongside other disciplines. You should be confident in developing and delivering recovery focused interventions across all occupational domains with both individuals and groups.

Main duties of the job

OT has a core role that requires dedication from the whole team to deliver shared pathways to service users which helps them to become more independent and live in the least restrictive environment.

To manage, assess, plan and implement interventions for a caseload of complex service users with a diagnosed learning disability, addressing occupational performance and skills deficits to meet service user’s needs. The community core offer is wide and offers variety to the role, including assessments and treatment formulation is: Sensory Integration, Falls, equipment provision to enhance ADL, promoting independence in skills, postural care and seating for function, supporting good mental wellbeing and promoting good routines and occupational balance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The team will provide a full range of assessments, interventions, support, training and advice to individuals themselves, their families and paid carers and the network of multi-agency stakeholders who are involved in the care and support of this complex client group. Guided by the recovery model, the team will also maintain close liaison with the range of existing and new specialist mental health community teams, and social care agencies across the Black Country in order to ensure that people with a learning disability are also well supported by the full range of services and opportunities that meet their whole life person centred needs and aspirations.

Working alongside the band 7 advanced practitioner OT, you will be completing a variety of assessments and treatments that work towards a set of developing standards these include:

Ensure that the individual has good occupational balance

Ensuring that the individual has a balance of occupations that meets their health needs

Ensure that individuals have occupations made accessible to them

Ensure that individuals are free from barriers to occupations

Ensure that individuals have occupations that are valued by themselves and their community that change throughout their lives.