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Occupational Therapist (Band 5 or 6 dependant on experience) | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 11 March 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Band 5 or 6 dependant on experience |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 April 2024 |
| Location: | Leyland, PR26 8NE |
| Company: | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6139147/350-SC6139147 |
Summary
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is the health provider for the delivery of an innovative prison-based assessment and treatment service for residents with personality related needs.
This service is based within HMP Garth which is a category B men's adult prison based in Leyland, Lancashire. The service is part of the National Offender Personality Disorder Strategy and is delivered as a partnership between HMP Garth and Mersey Care NHS Trust.
The service provides 1:1 and group based interventions based on Professor John Livesley's framework and model of interventions for individuals with personality related needs. These structured interventions are provided as part of a therapeutic milieu which involves a focus on attachment, trauma and systemic approaches, alongside comprehensive risk assessment and management.
Core aims of the service are consistent with those of the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway in improving psychological wellbeing, reducing risk, improving staff skills and competencies and pathway focussed intervention.
The post holder will be joining a dedicated team of clinical and prison officer staff from a range of backgrounds and experience. Team members have high levels of skill, passion and enthusiasm (and humour!) and are committed to ensuring the on-going successful development of the service and the opportunities it provides for our population.
We are now recruiting an Occupational Therapist to join our team.
The Beacon is a psychologically led, non diagnosis focussed service. Occupational Therapy is an established, recognised and valued profession within a truly integrated team consisting of Custody Staff, Psychology, Creative Arts Therapy (Art and Drama), Occupational Therapy and Social Work.
The post holder will contribute to the provision OT assessment and both 1:1 and group based therapeutic interventions. This will cover the array of clinical work that would promote occupational, psychological, recreational and supportive activity to meet the holistic needs of the individual prisoner.
At the Beacon service, we prioritise the development of our staff team and have proven that we value and nurture diverse clinical interests. Members of our team have been trained in DBT, Sensory Integration and working with complex trauma. We are committed to creating an empowered staff team. We strive to be reflective and support of each other which is vital given the challenges this work can entail.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
The post holder should have some experience of working with individuals with complex clinical and risk presentations including within institutional settings and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
This should include work with clients whose needs may meet criteria for a diagnosis of personality disorder and who may find it difficult to engage with services.
Experience of working in complex service and organisational settings is required alongside an ability to constructively manage the personal, professional and ethical opportunities and challenges such work can involve.
Applicants appointed to Band 5 will have a guaranteed offer of interview 12 months later where they will be interviewed against the Band 6 job description. Those with suitable qualification, knowledge, skills and experience will be appointed directly to the Band 6 position.
Full details of the main responsibilities of the post can be found in the job description and person specification. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you wish to discuss the post further or would like to visit the service.
This advert closes on Monday 1 Apr 2024