Occupational Therapy Assistant Practitioner

Job overview

If you are passionate to working with people with a Learning Disability and have an enthusiastic approach to support them to lead a meaningful life.

We have a wonderful opportunity to offer a full-time position for a band 4 Occupational Therapist Assistant Practitioner to join our specialist Multi-Disciplinary Team based in West Kent. We would welcome you to come and join our community-based team, who work closely alongside Local Authority and specialist Mental Health services to support adults with Learning Disabilities and complex needs.

This is an excellent opportunity to work in an extremely rewarding specialist area where you will use your Occupational Therapy skills to support personalised interventions for the clients and support Occupational Therapy colleagues within a well-established and friendly team.

We believe in treating the whole person, not just the condition, so we provide flexible and holistic care in a range of community settings. You must have a full, valid UK driving licence and have the ability to travel within the West Kent locality and also where required, across locations within the wider service, in a timely manner to ensure completion of role

Main duties of the job

The Occupational Therapy team provides specialist support to enable people with a Learning Disability to live their lives fully in the community. You will be expected to:

• Develop and increase knowledge about people with a Learning Disability who fall or at risk of falling and how this can impact their lives. o Completing falls assessments and carrying out interventions including falls prevention work.
• Develop and increase knowledge on standard stock equipment, which maybe required for people with a Learning Disability and coexisting conditions. o Complete the trust training and gain competencies to become a Supplementary Assessor, to be able to assess and prescribe standard stock equipment.
• Independently managing a clinical caseload providing assessment and interventions for people with a Learning Disability under supervision from an Occupational Therapist.
• Work towards maximising a person's quality of life by providing clinical expertise, behavioural and/or engagement support.
• Measure progress and ensure effective outcomes for the individual with a Learning Disability
• Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to work well as part of a team. o You will be required to work closely with all stakeholders and promote effective collaborate working with all those involved in the person’s life.
• Contribute to the development of multi-disciplinary best practice, service development and quality improvement.
• Engage with regular supervision, annual appraisal and identified CPD opportunities as required/available.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application.  We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

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