Home First Occupational Therapy Assistant

4 days ago

Stroud, United Kingdom Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to join our Home First therapy team. We are a rehabilitation and reablement service within the Integrated community team (ICT) covering the Stroud and Berkeley vale locality. Facilitating clients discharge back into their own home. Our vision for Home first is "People are in the right place, at the right time - Meaning nobody spends more nights away from home than is absolutely necessary"

We are looking to expand our current team looking for an Occupational Therapy Assistant to join our service. You will need experience including working in a community and/or rehabilitation setting. You will be an excellent team player and also possess excellent communication skills. You will be working alongside the Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapist as well as the Home first reablement team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will visit service users in their own homes, completing assessments of individual need and carry out the appropriate interventions. The post holder will also carry out delegated tasks from the team. The post holder will need to be able to prioritise and organise their own workload, under the supervision of an Occupational Therapist.

We offer excellent supervision by qualified Occupational Therapists and the opportunities for on-going professional development with informal support and learning.

When applying for this position, please ensure that in your supporting statement, you make it clear as to how you meet the person specification, especially the values and behaviours expected of all colleagues.

The successful candidate must hold a Full UK driving licence and have use of a vehicle for work purposes.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo a DBS check.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.

About us

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Surveygives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views ( It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users; would recommend the organisation as a place to work; agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority; would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The occupational therapy assistant will work as part of the community occupational therapy team within an Integrated Community Team (ICT). Their work will be underpinned by the principles and philosophy of occupational therapy. They will hold their own autonomous caseload triaged and delegated by an occupational therapist. They will be responsible for the assessment, implementation and evaluation of patient treatment programmes within assessed competencies.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ level 2/3, Level 1 /GCSE English and Maths (or equivalent Adult Literacy and Numeracy) Driving licence and use of vehicle

Specialist Knowledge

Desirable

Knowledge of safeguarding

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a Health and/or Social Care environment, either in a paid or voluntary capacity

Desirable

Experience of working within a Therapy or Multidisciplinary Team

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