Senior Occupational Therapist - Forensic (FTC)

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and experienced Senior Occupational Therapist to join our recently launched Specialist Community Forensic Team (Berkshire) on a 6 month fixed-term basis (maternity cover).

The Specialist Community Forensic Team (SCFT), supports service users to transition from low and medium secure settings into the community, improving outcomes and quality of life.

This is done by providing assessment, treatment, and risk management for individuals with complex mental health needs and forensic histories living in the community. The team aims to support recovery while promoting public safety and reducing reoffending.

Within this role, you will have the opportunity to work in the Forensic Service at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust. In addition to working in the community, this role includes in-reaching into the medium and low secure wards to work alongside individuals and their in-patient Occupational Therapists prior to their discharge.

You will play a key role in delivering high-quality, recovery-focused Occupational Therapy interventions for individuals with complex mental health needs and offending histories, supporting safe community living and reducing risk.

This is a dynamic and rewarding role working at the interface of mental health, risk management, and social inclusion.

Main duties of the job

• You will support patients to identify meaningful routines and structure, conduct functional ability assessments and support individuals to engagement in enriching & meaningful occupations.
• The SCFT work with individuals whom have experienced and may continue to, a severe and enduring mental illness, substance misuse and forensic history/offending behaviour.
• You will use the Model of Human Occupation to guide your practice, to assess ADLs, cognition and social functioning. The role will provide clinical input, expertise and assessment alongside the Inpatients OTs in supporting a patient transition into the Community. Interventions will include the development of Life Skills, relapse prevention and vocational support.
• You will provide supervision and leadership to junior staff OTs and support Occupational Therapy students on placement within the SCFT. You will contribute to service delivery and engage with the process of audits.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Covering the Berkshire area to provide Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention to patients transitioning into the community as well as patients currently residing within the community. Ensuring a robust risk assessment and evidence based working forms the basis of the role of Occupational Therapy within the SCFT.

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview, and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

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