Community Occupational Therapist

The post holder will hold a case load and work as an occupational therapist across Haringey community services, to provide assessment, plan and implement interventions, evaluate treatment and ensure safe discharge. The post holder will provide both specialist occupational therapy assessments and offer a strengths based, recovery focused approach with the aim of enhancing daily living skills, and engagement in meaningful and purposeful activities for service users across the community. The occupational therapist will work across services providing specific time limited interventions with clear goals established with the service user and in conjunction with the supporting clinical team. The post holder will work with service users who have complex and substantial needs, often working with persons with dual diagnosis and coexisting conditions including physical health needs. Having a working knowledge of the Mental Health Act, 1983 (amended 2007) will be required as the post holder will support service users return to or adjust to new accommodation in the community following admission to hospital and with the aim of preventing hospital admissions. The post holder will work closely with the Multi-Disciplinary Teams and relevant outside agencies, as well as with a Band 6 occupational therapist to provide a quality service, which is responsive to client's occupational needs.,

• To carry a case load for which you have clinical responsibility, supported by band 6 OT, Team lead and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Using an evidenced based approach assess client's needs, establish aims and objectives, and plan Occupational Therapy treatment programme in consultation with members of the multi-disciplinary teams, involving the client in decisions regarding appropriate interventions.
• To carry out a range of standardised/non-standardised assessments, e.g MOHOST and other MOHO assessments, Sensory Profile , in accordance with OT Pathway to provide a baseline for OT with clear treatment objectives
• To provide both specific individual assessment and treatment when indicated, involving motivating and adapting sessions and approach to allow full occupational participation
• To plan, run and evaluate treatment sessions using graded activities to achieve treatment aims.
• To maintain a flexible approach to treatment sessions, modifying activities, according to the fluctuating clinical presentation of the service user.
• To attend multi-disciplinary clinical meetings, to support and share information regarding professional practice with other disciplines and work in collaboration to provide a coordinated package of care and in compliance with the care programme approach as necessary
• To actively contribute to the risk assessment process, Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust is committed to treating all of our staff and patients with dignity and respect. You are responsible for behaving in a way that is consistent with these aims. This includes not discriminating unfairly in any area of your work and not harassing or otherwise intimidating other members of staff.
  
  Compassion
• Respect
• Being Positive
• Working together
  
  Our visionOur vision is embedded within our clinical strategy. We want to help people live, love, do.
• Live - A safe and secure place to call home
• Love - Re-building relationships which may have broken down during a period of illness
• Do - Help people to find a meaningful activity - that may be getting back into employment or further education