Technical Instructor

Job overview

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a growing and supportive team dedicated to making a positive difference to the mental health of children and young people.
• Access to regular supervision, professional development, and training opportunities.
• A competitive salary, pension scheme, and generous annual leave.
• Opportunities for career progression.

Technical Instructor Post at Orchard House Day Hospital in Oldham

As a Technical Instructor  you will be working alongside Occupational Therapists in a multi-disciplinary team working with Older people with mental health problems which are seriously impacting on the quality of their lives.  You will be supporting patients throughout the day both in group settings and individually, both practically and emotionally.

You  will be working with the team to promote good mental health in a range of group activities with patients who have functional mental health problems such as Psychosis, Bi -polar, Depression and Anxiety but not people with dementia

Our team comprises of OT's, Nurses, Technical Instructors, Nursing Assistant, Support Worker and Admin Support.

This is a part time post - 22.5 hours - worked over Three full days. 08.15 am until 16.15

The service works Monday to Friday and does not cover weekends or Bank Holidays.

Main duties of the job

Under the direction of a registered Occupational Therapist the post holder will be expected to: • Deliver and implement planned and prescribed OT assessment, interventions, treatment programmes, group activities and care packages, within a structured OT model, under the direction of a registered Occupational Therapist, but without direct supervision. • Work as an integrated member of the MDT. • Follow the OT Process of Assessment/Planning/Intervention/Evaluation within the  OT framework and the Model of Human Occupation, (MOHO), with regular senior OT supervision. • Contribute to MDT assessments and OT assessments that measure clinical outcomes

Work within Mental Health Service for Older People, to support OT interventions for service users who have complex and challenging needs. • Receive clinical and professional supervision from Registered OT • To be involved in a rota to serve lunches and drinks to patients as part of their therapeutic day • To carry out administrative duties as required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Duties and Care • To implement care packages, care programmes and treatment plans within an  occupational therapy framework (MOHO/Social Inclusion Model) that are  supervised and established by a qualified OT • To contribute to team evaluation of interventions. • To contribute to the evaluation of OT outcomes of OT care packages, using OT assessments available within the model. • Use activity to motivate and engage service users therapeutically. • To adapt and influence the therapeutic environment according to the service  users’ needs, in order to bring about conditions for change, engagement,  participation and inclusion, in accordance with assessed medical and mental  health needs. • Jointly develop and independently deliver group and individual therapies and  occupational activity, within a treatment context. • Deliver group programmes that address service users’ needs within the following  domains: social, educational, leisure, physical health and well-being, creative,  cognitive and social inclusion. • In regular supervision sessions, evaluate outcomes of therapeutic interventions,  and treatment activities. • To assist the OT, promote independence and enablement within individually  designed daily living and daily occupation programmes. • To participate in handovers, staff meetings, client reviews, ward rounds and case  conferences. • Participate in the Care Programme Approach and clustering. • Focus on key areas of occupational engagement functioning and work to improve  motivation for occupation, pattern of occupation, communication, environment,  motor skills and process skills, and contribute to the clinical development of  treatment accordingly.