Lead Occupational Therapist and Wellbeing Centre Manager

Job summary
The post will involve leading on the delivery and implementation of the OT provision across the prison. This post is based within the Mental Health team and Therapies service at HMP Pentonville to provide support to the prison establishment for the management and treatment of men (aged 18+) with varying levels of mental health problems and neuro-developmental needs.The OT provision to a designated caseload, focusing on functional daily living skills and specific mental health and risk issues. This will include overseeing and reviewing the OT referrals process as well as the assessment, treatment and evaluation of clinical interventions, planning and running a range of therapeutic individual and group work, carrying out functional assessments and contributing to multidisciplinary team care planning and risk assessment. The patients are people with diverse needs and presentations, often with emerging mental health difficulties, including personality disorder and can exhibit impulsive behaviour. The post will also include providing consultation and input (including assessment and intervention) to the prison neuro-diversity pathway, working with men presenting with a learning disability, ASD, ADHD and/or acquired brain injury.

The post holder will work closely with the Multi-Disciplinary Team and relevant outside agencies, as well as with OT colleagues in other establishments to provide a quality service, which is responsive to clients' needs.

Main duties of the job

• Daily management of the Wellbeing Centre environment and processes, including risk assessment, timetable and service provision
• To be responsible for the Occupational Therapy assessment, treatment and evaluation of an allocated clinical caseload, and in compliance with New Models of Care as Occupational Therapy Lead
• To be responsible for planning and providing group and individual assessment and treatment sessions within the service, working with the team Psychologists and Speech and Language Therapist.
• To carry out standardised assessments and provide detailed feedback to the multidisciplinary team about clients' abilities and also information about future plans and requirements for progress.
• To communicate treatment plans and clinical reasoning for interventions to other members of the multidisciplinary team and to work in collaboration with other disciplines and staff in clinical work
• To plan, run and evaluate treatment sessions on a group or individual basis, using graded activities to achieve treatment aims.

About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
• Excellent internal staff network

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Job responsibilities
Specialist OT Assessment and Clinical Input

• Demonstrate highly specialist knowledge of autism informed occupational therapy practice underpinned by current evidence-based best practice.
• Provide specialist sensory/environmental assessments and develop sensory profiles where indicated, translating findings into practical ward/community adjustments.
• Support assessment of occupational performance factors impacting engagement, regulation, independence, and participation in care planning.
• To apply advanced clinical reasoning to identify occupational therapy goals as part of the overall care plan.
• To consider both physical and mental health needs as part of the occupational therapy process.
• Monitor and manage OT assessment activity and waiting lists within the teams remit, ensuring prioritisation and risk considerations are applied appropriately.

This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Recognised degree or equivalent qualification in Occupational Therapy
• Health and Care Professions Council registration.
• Highly developed communication skills (written and verbal), with the ability to explain complex functional/sensory needs and recommendations clearly to service users, carers and professionals.

Desirable

• Postgraduate training/courses relevant to autism, sensory integration/sensory processing, mental health, or neurodevelopment.

Experience
Essential

• Advanced clinical reasoning and decision-making skills, including the ability to assess, prioritise and manage risk within a specialist assessment pathway.
• Ability to produce high-quality written assessment outputs and practical recommendations suitable for implementation by multi-disciplinary teams.
• Clear evidence to demonstrate specialist experience and clinical skills for working with autistic people

Desirable

• Knowledge of Autism Diagnostic Interview Revised (ADIR).

Experience
Essential

• Specialist knowledge of autism-informed practice and reasonable adjustments, including how sensory/environmental factors can impact distress, engagement and participation
• Experience of completing functional assessments.
• Experience of teaching and training others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within professional settings.

Desirable

• Experience in developing online workshops and digital materials for families and carers

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).