Rts Therapy Support Worker

This is an exciting opportunity to work within well-established work areas for patients with a primary diagnosis of server mental illness or personality disorder.

The post will be based within the high security, forensic hospital environment as part of a team working with patients learning new work ability skills.

The hospital has moved to a new bespoke hospital and is the most modern high security forensic hospital in the country. The hospital focuses on innovative care to a challenging and interesting patient group. The hospital focuses on reducing risk and offending behaviours.

We are looking to offer a job to a resourceful, motivated person who can demonstrate skill in engaging patients and team work. There are opportunities to progress in the service via the professional route and an Occupational Therapy apprenticeship or through the Rehabilitant Therapy Service and skill based learning task for patients.

The RTS Assistant post is based in the Rehabilitation Therapy Service (RTS) within the high security setting of Broadmoor hospital. The aim of the service is to engage, support and develop patients as part of their recovery through engagement in meaningful therapeutic activities. The RTS assistant would work as part of a close team of staff who work together to provide a wide range of activities which help patients develop work skills. These skills could be personal organisation and time management, concentration on a task, following instructions or copying tasks. These skills are developed through a variety of activities includingbike maintenance, wood craft skills, pottery and silver clay, picture framing, professional publishing and printing.

The RTS assistant need to be able engage with patients and staff and support the process of the work ability sessions. It is helpful to have be able to learn practical tasks easily and to be a good communicator.

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.

Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.

We’re ratedgoodoverall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Together, we’re committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.

We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.

**Post Title**: Rehabilitation Therapy Services Assistant

**Department**: Rehabilitation Therapy Service (RTS) HSS

**Responsible to**: RTS Unit Supervisor

**Accountable to**: Rehabilitation Therapy Service Manager

**Key Relationships**:

- Service Users / Patients
- RTS and Health and Fitness Staff
- Occupational Therapists(OT) and OT Assistants
- Multidisciplinary Clinical Teams
- Security staff

**Grade**: Band 3

**Key Result Areas & Performance**:
1. The RTS Assistant will work as part of a team who offer patients creative/ vocational activates such as bike maintenance, woodwork, pottery and silver clay, gardening, picture framing, printing and publishing.

1. To ensure that the area /unit for which the post holder is responsible provides meaningful therapeutic activity to patients in admissions, high dependency and assertive rehabilitation wards.

1. To actively assist in running work ability sessions for patients and consider possible adaptations for different patient’s skill level, age, culture.