Senior Forensic Occupational Therapist

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are a diverse and friendly Occupational Therapy team comprising OTs, OT Technicians, OT Assistants, Clinical Exercise Instructors and Education Tutors. We offer a range of Recovery Hub based interventions, including Remotivation, Vocation and Employability, Physical Activities and Health Promotion, Creative Arts and Education. We have a café and library which form the main basis for our commercial vocation schemes and have well established links with mainstream employers and a host of community vocation projects. We work in partnership with CALAT (Croydon Adult Learning and Training) to offer a range of accredited qualifications and deliver these in house.

The service is mainly based at the Bethlem Royal Hospital where we support service users within medium and low levels of security both in River House and Chaffinch ward. In addition, we support service users at Ward in the Community which are based on the Lambeth Hospital site in Clapham. We work with men and women who have a range of mental health problems and a history of offending behaviour, which have brought them into contact with the criminal justice system.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Qualified and HCPC registered Occupational Therapist
• Post registration experience as an OT

Desirable criteria

• Post-registration qualification in related area
• Practice Placement Educ Membership of OT professional body and / or special interest groupators course
• Membership of OT professional body and / or special interest group

Experience

Essential criteria

• Post registration experience as an OT
• Working in groups / Extensive clinical experience including individual and group work
• Working with mental health service users (pre or post qualification)
• Advising and supporting / supervising junior staff and students
• Experience of audit, research and clinical governance procedures and their application in practice

Desirable criteria

• Preceptorship programme
• Experience of working in an inner-city, multi-cultural environment
• Experience of working with people with challenging behaviours
• Experience of specialist Mental Health settings
• Leadership and first line management experience

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

• Broad / High level understanding of Mental Health disorders and treatment models
• Sound / Detailed knowledge of legislation relevant to Mental Health and Specialist practice where appropriate
• Applied / Working knowledge of the principles of CPA (Care Programme Approach)
• Applied / Extensive knowledge of the principles of risk assessment and risk management
• Specialist knowledge and application of OT assessments and interventions and outcome measures, relevant to client group

Desirable criteria

• Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
• Commitment to OT student education
• Skills in applying evidence-based practice and use of outcome measures
• Ability to analyse professional and ethical issues

other

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate a commitment to life-long learning
• Flexible approach to work to meet service user and service needs
• Must be prepared to work evenings & weekends if required ability to travel efficiently between sites

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Documents to download

• JD and person specification (PDF, 464.6KB)
• SLaM Staff Benefits (PDF, 1.1MB)
• Happy to Talk Flexible Working (PDF, 680.1KB)