Occupational Therapist

SWLSTG and Riverside have a contract to provide intensive rehabilitation support in the community for 23 Wandsworth clients across two houses, Thrale Road and Westmoor House.

The services provide social housing support for people with complex mental health needs currently under the care of SWLSTG Mental Health NHS Trust for up to two years. The service delivers a high quality, recovery focused supported housing service which facilitates earlier discharge from hospital and reduces reliance on residential care placements. Clinical input from SWLSTG consists of this occupational therapy post, clinical psychologist, consultant psychiatrist and a full time dedicated community psychiatric nurse as the care coordinator across both houses.

In this role you will provide specialist OT assessment and interventions for the clients at Thrale Road and Westmoor House. In most cases, support staff will take the lead in pursuing OT recommendations, but where interventions require, there is scope for longer term 1:1 and groupwork.

Main duties of the job

To manage a caseload of clients with complex needs, using evidence based and client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.

To participate in the planning, development, and evaluation of OT services within the Riverside team, holding responsibility for defined projects.

To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust OT service.

To regularly supervise OT students on practice placement.

To contribute to optimising care, working from admission to discharge, in keeping with the principles of the rehabilitation and recovery pathway.

To promote recovery and social inclusion.

To act as the designated 'Disability Champion' leading the multi-disciplinary team in Disability Equality matters within the service and other areas as required.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.