Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor
| Posting date: | 18 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £33,094.00 to £36,195.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £33094.00 - £36195.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 October 2025 |
| Location: | Wandsworth, SW18 3HU |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9277-25-1191 |
Summary
To exercise good personal time management, punctuality, and consistent reliable attendance To support service users within HMP Wandsworth, offering a range of therapeutic activities as well as encourage access to work and educational activities within the prison to promote social inclusion To attend all relevant mandatory training as directed by the Trust To contribute to CPD through participation in training and development opportunities To attend the Trust wide OT Support Workers Development group To participate in and contribute to the development of the service locally To ensure relevant national and local polices are implemented To review and reflect on own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal guided by KSF. To work effectively as a member of a team in providing a program of ward, department or wing based therapeutic activities. To use technical, creative, psychosocial and daily living skills to engage service users in therapeutic activities to promote independence, wellbeing and social inclusion Under supervision of a registered OT, facilitate/co-facilitate planned group work and individual activities Contribute to formal OT assessments of service users under the guidance of a registered OT and provide feedback on service users occupational functioning Under supervision assist and support service users to achieve their goals To engage in the ongoing assessment and treatment of service users and adjust own clinical interventions based on the fluctuating needs of the service users. To assist in the implementation, evaluation, and modification of OT interventions Under the supervision of a registered OT, develop and implement specific socially inclusive projects to meet the needs of service users. To undertake delegated tasks to contribute to the safe and smooth running of the service IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ: All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team. You will need to provide: Proof of right to work documentation Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographicID Proof of address documentation Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code. Address History: 5 years address history will be needed. Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously. Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited. In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).