Occupational Therapy Support Worker

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Pontypool; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health organization is seeking a full-time Occupational Therapy Support Worker to work within the Community Mental Health Team in Pontypool. The successful candidate will conduct assessments, plan interventions, and work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team. A passion for caring and commitment to continuous training is essential. Fluency in Welsh is desirable. This role offers an exceptional workplace with extensive development opportunities and a supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible working

Paid mandatory training

Extensive training and development opportunities

Occupational health support

Qualifications

• Ability to demonstrate empathy, compassion and values of person-centred care.
• Must meet essential and desirable criteria as per the job description.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments of occupational performance and participation.
• Plan and carry out individualized occupationally focused interventions.
• Co-facilitate group interventions and programs.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Creative 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:

• 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 post is Secondment until the 31st March 2026. Those applying for the post must seek permission from their line managers prior to submitting.

Main duties of the job

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.

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.

Working for our organisation

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.

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