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We have been working together in a Partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust for some time, with a single Chair and Chief Executive since 2021 and single Executive Team since 2022. We launched our North London Mental Health Partnership Strategy in May 2023 and in July 2023 our Boards agreed that coming together to create one new Trust is best for our service users, our staff and our local communities. Subject to final approvals, we will be formally established as one new Trust on 1 October 2024.

Our new trust website is: Home | North London Mental Health Partnership

Job overview
• The post holder will contribute to the effective operation of a multi-disciplinary Home Treatment Service for those in mental health crisis in the community, as an alternative to hospital admission.
• The post holder will provide rapid OT assessment and help plan and deliver effective evidence based home treatment in collaboration with service users, carers and professionals from other services and agencies.
• There will also be a role for the post holder at the recovery house in Enfield for those clients needing extra support. The post holder will have responsibility for the group programme of the unit and will be expected to provide clear assessment and treatment plans for clients using evidence based interventions including group work and 1:1s at the recovery house.
• The OT will also be an integral part of the wider Inpatient Therapy Team at Chase Farm Hospital and will receive supervision and support from the Lead OT

Main duties of the job

1. Clinical Responsibilities
• To provide a high standard of care for people in the care group in keeping with the philosophy, operational policies for the Home Treatment service and in addition to the Trusts policies, practice and procedures.
• To ensure child and adult protection issues are assessed and relevant protocols are adhered to.
• To conduct accurate risk assessments and management plans, involving the service users, carer, and any other individuals relevant to the care of the service user, and to ensure that this is well documented. To ensure that all team members complete accurate risk assessments and management plans.
• To provide evidenced based OT intervention including assessments, implementation and evaluation of treatment for service users under home treatment services
• To work with services users at the recovery house using evidenced based OT approaches to provide group and 1:1, assessments and interventions.

Working for our organisation

The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.

The postholder will need to be comfortable working in an environment of complex matrix management arrangements and will at all times behave and align with our Trusts' values and cultural pillars:

We are kind
We are respectful
We work together
We keep things simple
We empower
We are proudly diverse

In order to meet the needs of the new Partnership services you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Enfield and Harringay Trust and Camden and Islington Trust. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications/ Registrations

Essential criteria

HCPC registered OT
MSc/BSc (Hons) in Occupational Therapy

Desirable criteria

Evidence of other relevant Postgraduate education/ relevant CPD
Membership of RCOT/specialist networks eg RCOTMHSS
Completion of preceptorship
Practice placement Educator Course

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of working in an NHS or equivalent setting.
Experience of acute inpatient and/or community areas, working with people going through a mental health crisis
Working with a range of HCPs including peer workers
Experience in using a range of standardised OT assessments
Clear concept of OT and models of practice.
Experience of facilitating a variety of groups
Ability to address physical health needs of patients
Supervision of OT students
Understanding of legislation as related to mental health.

Desirable criteria

Experience of working in a crisis resolution/ Home Treatment Team Service
Facilitating practice placements
Post-registration experience in a mental health setting.
Involvement in research and clinical audit
Experience of participating in quality improvement projects
Able to prescribe small pieces of equipment/maintain equipment stores
Knowledge of the MOHO model and its application
Supervision of junior staff
Understanding of co-production

Skills/ Abilities

Essential criteria

Excellent Organisational skills.
Able to communicate effectively within a multiprofessional team.
Decision making skills
Confidence to work autonomously and use own initiative.
Good assessment skills
Ability to write comprehensive reports as required
Awareness of risk assessment/ management in an acute and/or community setting.
Ability to work well in a team setting.
Understanding of legislation as related to mental health.
Proficient IT skills and ability to use electronic clinical documentation systems
Sensitive to cultural, dynamic and diverse needs ,liaising with carers and other agencies with regards to care

Desirable criteria

Leadership Skills
Team building
Building links with local community services
Specific clinical skills applicable in a community setting e.g. brief therapy, cognitive therapy, and anxiety management

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

Ability to work flexibly according to client/service needs.
Service user/carer centred approach
Receptive to changing environments and an ability to promote positive approaches to implementing changes according to service and client need.
Ability to remain calm in difficult situations.
Positive approach to work.
Attention to detail.
Ability to think creatively and outside the box
Willingness to be flexible in working hours
Ability to travel across a geographical area and various locations within the borough and trust

Other Requirements

Essential criteria

Physically fit to undertake duties as specified in the job description
Ability to partake in PMVA training and interventions as required

Desirable criteria

Full Driving License

References will be required to cover your last 3 years of employment/training. One has to be from your current or most recent employer and the others from your previous employer. The references should be from persons with management responsibility or HR.

If you have been unemployed for a period of four years or more, please give the details of your last employer and one character referee of your choice (not members of your family). If more applicable, references will be requested from your teacher or head of faculty. Please ensure you provide full contact details.

Vacancies that are advertised as Fixed Term Contracts will also be available as secondment opportunities for substantive internal staff.

Please be aware that your documents eg. Passport/NI Card, will be electronically scanned using Home Office accredited Verification System.

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts, we will close vacancies before the stated closing date once the first 50 applications are received. Therefore, please apply as soon as possible.

All non-medical posts with the Trust are subject to a probationary period of six months, during which time you will be required to demonstrate to the Trust's satisfaction, your suitability for the position in which you will be employed.

Should you not hear from us within three working weeks of the closing date for this post, then regretfully in this instance, you have not been shortlisted.

By applying for this role, you accept in the event you are successful that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which is aimed at improving efficiencies within the NHS both to make costs savings for NHS organisations but also to save you time when your employment transfers.

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

Job Description (PDF, 436.3KB)
Functional Requirements PDF (PDF, 258.0KB)
Applicant Information Pack (PDF, 1.6MB)

Senior Home Treatment Team Practitioner (Occupational Therapist)

Senior Home Treatment Team Practitioner (Occupational Therapist)

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