Forensic Community Occupational Therapist - Oxfordshire

Job overview

Join our dynamic team as a Forensic Community Occupational Therapist and make a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals on their path to recovery.

As a Senior Occupational Therapist, you will be at the forefront of innovative, evidence-based therapy, collaborating within a multi-disciplinary team to provide client-centered care. Your expertise will shape the future of Occupational Therapy services, ensuring that the highest standards of care are met.

If you’re passionate about helping others and ready to embrace autonomy in your practice, this is the perfect role for you. Your journey towards impacting lives starts here.

Main duties of the job

To be a Senior Occupational Therapist working autonomously, as a member of the Specialist Community Forensic multidisciplinary team, working across Oxfordshire and offering in-reach to the secure services inpatient setting.

To provide specialist Occupational Therapy interventions using evidence-based client cantered principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate therapy with those service users within the SCFT.

To actively contribute to the development of the Occupational Therapy role and Occupational Therapy service provision according to identified needs of the multi-disciplinary team and service users needs.

The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in the provision of care, therapeutic interventions and treatment to Thames Valley Forensic Services patients, ensuring the highest standards of care are provided.  To ensure that services to patients and carers are delivered and developed according to Trust and Social and Healthcare departmental policies.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Due to new funding from the provider collaborative we are seeking to recruit a senior  Occupational Therapist with Mental Health experience to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing Occupational Therapy interventions and working closely with the patients, their families, multi-disciplinary colleagues and external agencies (Prison, Police, MAPA Housing Provider, Probation). This also includes working with patients transitioning from inpatient services into the community.

You will use standardised Occupational Therapy assessments to identify needs and to plan and implement individualised Occupational Therapy treatment interventions. Including co facilitation of Psycho educational groups/sessions, contribution to robust risk assessment and provision of  Occupational Therapy formulations.

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