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Location

Sutton, Greater London | United Kingdom

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Job description

In our quest to deliver patient-focused, quality care we are looking to recruit a highly motivated, innovative and enthusiasticOccupational TherapistLeadto join our forward thinking, friendly and expanding Health & Justice teams across our Surrey Prisons. This will include HMP Send, HMP Downview HMP, HMP Highdown, HMP Coldingley and HMP Bronzefield This is a brand new leadership post, with flexibility around how this is implemented.

By joining our Prisons Health Care Teams, you will have a real impact on promoting health and well-being of those in custody. As an Occupational therapist you will provide a valued and uniquely contribute to a multi-disciplined approach to care.

Our motto is ‘Caring not Judging’. By working in partnership with the criminal justice system and other agencies, we provide effective and responsive care for those who may have a history of offending and may be at risk of reoffending in the future. The opportunity of engagement in custody means we can enable people to improve their wellbeing, supporting better outcomes in the future.

PLEASE NOTE ANY CANDIDATE WISHING TO APPLY FOR ANY OF OUR ROLES IN SURREY WILL BE SUBJECT TO VETTING CLEARANCE. WHICH REQUIRES YOU TO HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT IN THE UK FOR A MINIMUM OF 3 YEARS. CANDIDATES WHO DO NOT MEET THIS CRITERIA NEED NOT APPLY.
• The post holder will provide leadership to OTs working across five Surrey Prisons within mental health and primary care teams. These sites include HMP Send, HMP Downview, HMP Highdown, HMP Coldingly and HMP Bronzefield.
• This will include supporting the development and delivery of a comprehensive OT service, based on evidence and principles of recovery.
• The post holder will also be working within a multidiscipline mental health team, with men and women in prison presenting with complex and challenging needs. This will include holding a case load of clinical work under supervision of our directorate lead OT and local service managers. This caseload will include specialist input into the directorate Neurodiverse pathway.
• The work will involve a high level of understanding of the impact of mental and physical health conditions, as well as processing and sensory issues on daily living function in a custodial setting. Enabling prisoners to engage in prison life will include working with them, and supporting staff to understand and implement adaptations to daily living. It will also include skills development through individual and group work.

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust offers its staff ongoing career progression through:
• Minimum of monthly supervision
• Annual personal development plans/appraisals
• Access to exciting internal and external training opportunities

Excellent progression through various career pathway opportunities such as but not limited to:
• Preceptorship Programme
• Support and guidance with Revalidation
• Hidden Gem and annual award ceremonie

Excellent staff benefits, our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include:
• Health and wellbeing services
• Season ticket loans
• Cycle to work scheme
• Relocation packag

The trust also values its staff and you are entitled to become a member of MyTrustBenefits. MyTrustBenefits is an online portal for all CNWL staff, as well as their family and friends. It offers over 1400 discounts at hundreds of retailers nationwide. Save money on your weekly food shops, toiletries, cosmetics, cinema, meals out, holidays, travel and entertainment. You can also access free online courses on a variety of topics, professional and personal, ranging from business management, languages, law and teaching.

All of our sites in Surrey offer free use of the onsite leisure facilities and free parking for staff.

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
• To lead and coordinate the development of OT in our prison health care services
• To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of occupational therapy across Surrey prisons against clear aims, objectives and outcome measures in line with evidence based practice and in conjunction with service users, carers and other professionals.
• To provide specialist, culturally appropriate, evidence based occupational therapy assessments, intervention and evaluation for individuals within the prison setting in order to establish and meet their occupational needs.
• To plan, implement and review individually tailored programmes of intervention using individual and group work approaches with prisoners.
• To support individuals to develop skills and knowledge; and engage with community partner agencies, to facilitate successful transitions from the prison environment to the community.
• To demonstrate excellent communication skills and form positive therapeutic relationships using warmth and empathy which enable service user empowerment.
• To demonstrate skills and resourcefulness in communication when barriers to understanding are present, including interpreting resources.

This advert closes on Tuesday 19 Mar 2024

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