Occupational Therapy Assistant - Perinatal Services

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a fixed term part time occupational therapy assistant with Shropshire Community Perinatal Team. You will have an interest and enthusiasm in providing occupational therapy to women with a range of perinatal mental health needs.
We are a specialist service that strives to deliver an excellent standard of care to expectant and new mothers who are experiencing severe and complex mental health problems. The team is multi-disciplinary and works directly with women and their family's providing assessment, interventions and support for pregnant women and women within the postnatal period with a range of mental health needs.
You will join a friendly multidisciplinary team who are innovative and have a patient centred approach at the heart of their delivery. The team work with partners both within and outside of the Trust, with close links with Maternity Services, Maternal Mental Health Services, Health Visiting, NHS Talking Therapies, and other mental health services.
The PMHT covers Telford and Shropshire area. The team base is in Bridgnorth, and we use other MPFT facilities across the county. Blended working options are centred around clinical demand., · To carry a designated caseload which remains the responsibility of the registered Occupational Therapist, often working without direct supervision in a variety of community settings, including the service users own home.
· Delivering a high-quality clinical service to patients and their families.
+ To provide occupational therapy support to service users who have a range of perinatal mental health conditions to enable them to maintain, restore or create a balance between their abilities and the demands of their occupation and environment in the areas of self-care, productivity and leisure.
+ To engage service users and their carers in co-produced/planned therapy programmes and encourage them in a compassionate manner, towards achieving their identified goals and to promote independence and well-being through a client centred approach.
+ To provide the best possible experience for service users and carers.
+ To show commitment to and participate in quality improvement activities.
+ To promote at all times a positive image of people with mental health conditions and learning disabilities.
+ To promote at all times a positive image of the occupational therapy service/neighbourhood and the wider Trust.

By joining Team MPUFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by
+ Supporting your career development and progression.
+ Excellent NHS Pension scheme
+ Generous maternity, paternity, adoption leave
+ Options for flexible working
+ Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.
+ Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
+ If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients.
+ Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
+ Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
+ Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
+ Free car parking at all trust sites
+ Free flu vaccination every year
+ Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
PLEASE NOTE IF A LARGE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS ARE RECEIVED WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CLOSE THIS VACANCY EARLIER THAN THE SPECIFIED CLOSING DATE, Our collective agreed vision, towards which we all strive, is that all women, babies, and families in Shropshire have easy access to the very best care for their mental health during pregnancy and postnatally
Our collective agreed values are:
+ Be patient and child centred, understanding and meeting individual and population needs, with high quality, evidence based and innovative approaches to care of patients, babies, and their families.
+ Work flexibly, collaboratively, transparently, and honestly with women, families, and others involved in their care, with respect and trust for each other's experience, knowledge, skills and contributions.
+ Support each other in delivering and continuously improving care to our whole population, nurturing our empowerment, enthusiasm, and motivation.