Occupational Therapist Learning Disabilities Band 5
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust, Warwick
Occupational Therapist Learning Disabilities Band 5
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Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust, Warwick
- Part time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 2 days ago, 3 Nov | Get your application in today.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: f33fe468a932489789c0cc228af363b6
Full Job Description
To provide Occupational Therapy assessment and treatment programmes to clients with learning disabilities complex needs within South Warwickshire Community Learning Disability Team. Occasional working across teams may be required.
To be an autonomous practitioner, holding a clinical caseload and working without direct supervision.
To support other therapy staff, students and colleagues deliver the Occupational Therapy services.
To provide advice, guidance and information to health and social care professionals, clients, carers, relatives or other non-professional contacts
Due to some reorganisation and in response to our service need, we are delighted to be able to advertise an Occupational Therapy post in The Community Learning Disability Team. This post would be suitable for a qualified therapist who has had experience with people with Learning Disabilities.
This would be part of a Multi-disciplinary team and comprise of Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Community learning Disability Nurses, Physiotherapists, Speech and Language Therapists.
The successful candidate would have compassion and enthusiasm for working with this client group. They would need to show initiative and flexibility and be able to work in a person-centred way. They would also be able to follow direction and work within their scope of practice.
Due to the large geographical and sometimes rural area within the South Warwickshire the successful candidate must have their own transport that they can use for work.
This is a clinical area where you can use and develop a diverse range of Occupational Therapy skills.
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These include:
generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
staff networks and support groups
We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.