Occupational Therapy Assistant

Are you a confident individual who would like to explore an Occupational Therapy Assistant role and a more rewarding clinical challenge in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services? Are you ready to develop your clinical skills?

Post: Occupational Therapy Assistant

Base: Cygnet Sheffield, Griffin Ward

Responsible for: Delivery of group and individuals interventions, providing feedback to the Occupational Therapist and Multi-Disciplinary Team.

Responsible to: Band 6 OT and Kerry Booth Head OT on site.

Hours: 40 hours per week

Location: Cygnet Sheffield, 83 East Bank Road, Sheffield South Yorkshire, S2 3PX

Join our supportive friendly team in the lively city of Sheffield and make an application today.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Kerry Booth Head OT - kerrybooth@cygnethealth.co.uk or our in house recruiter Hannah Dunlop hannahdunlop@cygnethealth.co.uk

With over 150 OTs in the company, we also work together as a large team providing support to each other across the group, with various specialist interest groups to tap into, including Mental Health, Neuropsychiatry, Autism, Learning Disabilities and Sensory Integration, to name a few.

Griffin Ward is a 15 bed low secure service that positively supports young people who may need a longer stay in an inpatient setting within a low secure environment. It offers a care and treatment pathway for individuals who may have complex mental health issues and whose needs and risk are such they need to be supported in this environment.

As an Occupational Therapy Assistant, you will provide direct clinical care under the supervision of the Occupational Therapist. This will encompass the use of OT assessments and treatment in both groups and individual sessions.

In this role you will help devise and implement an OT treatment programme according to service user’s diagnosis and identified needs. This will be based upon findings from assessments including associated risks, in order to develop treatment plans accordingly.

Prioritisation skills are key to manage the caseload of clients effectively and you will work closely with the Occupational Therapist and multidisciplinary team onsite.

3 reasons why you should make an application today…

We are looking for people who:

• Are highly motivated
• Experienced of working in a mental health environment.
• An understanding of Occupational Therapy and the process/interventions
• Excellent communication and time management skills
• Ability to manage highly demanding clinical presentation

In return we will offer you:

• A competitive salary of £22 500
• Opportunities for CPD and to undertake further learning and development. For example: OT formulation and re-motivation
• Training days provided by highly experienced and renowned OT specialists
• On site clinical supervision and peer support
• Company pension scheme
• NHS Discount Cards & Blue Light Card
• Free parking & meals on duty

Requirements
The successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS and reference check and an offer of employment will be subject to successful clearance.

*Please note - speculative recruitment emails are not to be sent directly to our clinical staff, these need to go via our internal recruitment team. If speculative candidates are sent directly to a member of the clinical team, we will consider these candidates as our own*