Occupational Therapy Clinical Support Worker

The Occupational Therapy Clinical Support Worker role is for 22.5 hours per week, with the possibility of this expanding to 37.5 hours per week, for 11 months on a Fixed Term Contract or Secondment, The Occupational Therapy Clinical Support Worker role includes facilitation of occupational assessments and interventions on a one to one basis, for example Cooking skills sessions, identifying meaningful activities and planning purposeful routines and occupational interventions in groups, for example Cooking, Relaxation, Creative, Healthy Lifestyles, to meet Patients' occupational performance / recovery needs as identified by the Occupational Therapist.,

• Regaining / maintaining / developing Activities of Daily Living (ADL) skills which can decrease during a hospital admission.
• Facilitating Patients to re-engage / maintain interests and activities in relation to their recovery.
• Facilitating engagement in identified purposeful roles.
• Facilitating Patients to achieve occupational goals they have identified.
• Facilitating Patients' integration into the community.
  
  Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire. Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has teaching status and is developing into one of the country's leading teaching mental health trusts.
We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen. Living and Working in West Sussex:
• Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns. With a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns, there's always somewhere new to visit
• Embrace the South Coast with a great range of historic and contemporary seaside towns
• According to the Met Office West Sussex is the sunniest county in the UK, making exploring the vast countryside all the more enjoyable
• Enjoy the city life and visit Brighton, or even travel to London in under 45 minutes
• To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID.