Occupational Therapist - Community Learning Disabilities
| Posting date: | 04 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £35,763.00 to £43,466.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £35763.00 - £43466.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 August 2025 |
| Location: | London, HA1 3UJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9333-25-0975 |
Summary
Clinical 1.1 To provide specialist, culturally appropriate, evidence based occupational therapy assessments for service users within the team in order to establish and meet their occupational needs. 1.2 To provide full vocational needs assessment, advice and on-going intervention related to an individuals vocational needs. 1.3 To select and use validated standardised assessment tools routinely and in practice, exhibiting clinical reasoning skills; to include the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) assessments. To consider and assess the impact of physical health and/or disability, mental health, distressed behaviour and sensory processing needs. 1.4 To apply clinical knowledge and expertise to carry out evidence based occupational therapy interventions, both individual and in groups, which are underpinned by relevant theoretical approaches and in line with the Trusts Research and Development Strategy; to lead and supervise junior staff and/or students as required. 1.5 To plan, implement and review individually tailored programmes of intervention, including sensory integration techniques, using individual and group work approaches. 1.6 To support service users and colleagues to ensure that care plans are developed in partnership with the individual and that they reflect person centred goals. These should be strengths-based and oriented towards reinforcing a positive identity and developing valued social roles. 1.7 To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of occupational therapy interventions against clear aims, objectives and outcome measures in line with evidence based practice and in conjunction with service users, carers and other professionals. 1.8 To identify opportunities and needs for group work in the community setting and to plan, implement, facilitate and evaluate groups which promote social inclusion for service users. 1.9 To establish links with the CNWL Recovery College; and as appropriate, deliver courses within the college alongside peer support workers. 1.10 To apply a level of understanding of the effects of mental illness for people with learning disabilities and provide training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the service users social and physical environment. 1.11 To determine the impact of mental and physical conditions on service users functional ability and undertake assessment/make recommendations with regards to the provision of equipment/aids and adaptations. 1.12 To be aware of medication issues in line with the CNWL OT Medication Management Guidelines. 1.13 To follow local protocol and obtain recommended equipment and/or liaise with local providers of equipment to ensure provision as appropriate. 1.14 To proactively undertake and ensure rigorous risk assessment & risk management strategies are applied. To ensure maximum risk tolerance facilitates the individuals recovery, in line with risk policies and local guidelines. 1.15 To work in partnership with other agencies. 1.16 For Practitioners to be aware of and sensitive to the safeguarding needs of children and adults in their work, and knowledgeable both about potential indicators of abuse or neglect and about what to do if they had concerns about a child's or adult's welfare. 1.17 To identify carers needs in line with national requirements. 1.18 To support service users in relation to their physical health, employment, and housing and welfare benefits issues; referring to specialist provider services as necessary. 1.19 To provide all service users on caseload with a full adult mental health assessment and offer regular monitoring of mental state. 1.20 To facilitate effective links with community resources in order that a socially inclusive focus towards treatment and discharge planning is maintained. 1.22 To facilitate smooth transitions for service users between the ward and community settings.