Occupational Therapy Assistant Community Enhanced Rehab Team

**Job Overview**

**We have an exciting opportunity for a forward thinking and experienced occupational therapy assistant to join the Community Enhanced Rehabilitation Team (CERT). CERT is a now established community rehab team within the enhanced rehabilitation and recovery pathway. Comprising of a multi-disciplinary team, CERT provides transitional support and mental health rehabilitation focused interventions in the community for adults with severe and enduring mental health difficulties.**

We have an new vacancy for an experienced and confident Band 3 Mental Health Occupational Therapy Assistant to join our friendly and supportive team, experience of working with adults with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) is essential and autonomous community working is highly desirable.

You will work within an MDT team with alongside B6 Occupational Therapists and 2 other Band 3 Occupational Therapy Assistants, CPNs, psychologists, support workers, psychiatrist and a social worker to provide ongoing appropriate Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions to our patients their needs using approaches of:

- functional, psycho-social, cognitive, sensory, physical health

We work within a recovery approach, undertaking collaborative interventions with service users, families and wider networks within the community. CERT offers service users and carers a greater choice over their care and recovery, ensuring interventions are delivered in the least restrictive setting.

Effective written and verbal communication skills are essential as you will be an integral part of the MDT informing recovery progress and providing comprehensive OT assessment as required.

You will get access to monthly supervision from a Band 6 Occupational Therapist plus regular peer supervision and be encouraged to develop and enhance your skills through in-service training.

Please note this is county wide service and it is essential that you have access to a vehicle during working hours.

Could you be our latest member of the team?

**Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)**

The post holder will contribute to the delivery and development of the Community Enhanced Rehabilitation Team pathway.

Possessing additional knowledge such as: - Sensory Integration/Processing. - Challenging Behaviour/PSB - ASD - Dual diagnosis -Complex Physical Health needs

You will work in partnership with other members of the Multidisciplinary team in the delivery of Occupational Therapy interventions in the mental health clinical care pathway. Being able to demonstrate awareness and knowledge of risk assessment and safeguarding policies. Required to complete MAPPA training to ensure safe practice when working alone.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.