Occupational Therapy Support Worker

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Penperlleni; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization in Wales is seeking an occupational therapy support worker for the Community Mental Health Team. The role involves conducting assessments, planning individual and group interventions, and working within a multi-disciplinary team. Ideal candidates will possess excellent communication skills, creativity, and a commitment to person-centred care. This position offers professional development opportunities and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Fantastic benefits package

Paid mandatory training

Opportunities for career development

Qualifications

• Participate in the Agored training programme for support workers.
• Ability to travel between locations for home and community visits.
• Welsh language ability is desirable but not mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Carry out assessments of occupational performance as delegated by OTs.
• Plan and carry out individualised occupationally focused interventions.
• Co-facilitate group interventions in the community.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Creative and flexible thinking

Empathy and compassion

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time (37.5 hours) occupational therapy support worker to work in the Community Mental Health Team in Torfaen. The Occupational Therapy support worker will:

Responsibilities

• Following an initial assessment completed by an Occupational Therapist, carry out further assessments of occupational performance and participation as delegated by the Occupational Therapist. This may include assessments related to self-care, productivity and leisure occupations. Use problem solving and clinical judgement skills to consider interventions that could support an individual\'s occupational performance and participation, seeking advice and support from delegating qualified occupational therapists for more complex situations. Plan, prepare and carry out individualised occupationally focused intervention programmes with individuals as delegated by the Occupational Therapists, making minor modifications as needed, within the parameters of their knowledge, skills and role. This will include interventions related to self-care, productivity and leisure occupations.
• Plan, prepare and co-facilitate/ facilitate occupational focused group interventions and programmes such as Discovery Through Activity. The successful applicant will work within a multi-disciplinary team providing Occupational Therapy interventions under the direction of qualified Occupational Therapists (OT\'s).
• OT\'s work with individuals to establish the impact of their mental health needs on their day to day functioning. They devise person-centred plans for intervention (group and one to one including facilitation of the \'discovery through activity\' OT programme) with the individual to further assess, improve or maintain their functional ability. Interventions offered in the community aim to address an individual goals in line with recovery based practice.

Qualifications and Skills

• The successful applicant will:- have excellent communication skills
• have the ability to think creatively and flexibly
• be able to demonstrate empathy, compassion and values of person-centred care
• The Aneurin Bevan University Health Board OT service is committed to delivering a high quality service and therefore requires that all OT support workers participate in the Agored training programme.
• The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
• Home and community visits are a part of this service, the ability to travel between sites is essential for this post.

About Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff. We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work. Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.