Community Occupational Therapist in Basildon

Key Responsibilities:

• All participants appropriate for engagement with SFC to receive support and intervention from the Occupational Therapist for a defined period of time depending on need.
• The Occupational Therapist to utilise physical activity as an assessment and intervention tool, within their scope of practice, to provide a number of support interventions to participants, these range from 1:1 interventions (e.g. Anxiety management), external referrals, sharing resources, completing assessment tools (SPM-2, Activity Analysis, unstructured observations) and anything additional for individual need.
• Manage the referrals into the organisation, assessing and completing initial assessments, managing risk and priority.
• Once an individual has been part of an initial assessment, a collaborative action planning process begins.
• Occupational Therapists work closely with the person to co-produce goals that are meaningful and relevant to them.
• These goals are rooted in enabling participation, enhancing wellbeing, and building confidence, with physical activity promoted as a key enabler.
• Individuals are added to the occupational therapist's caseload over a period of time, goals and outcomes are regularly reviewed and adapted as necessary.
• If participants require additional support from the Occupational Therapist, they will be supported into the medium (greater than 12 weeks) and or long-term caseload (greater than 24 weeks).
• All participants will complete a PRE and POST outcome measure suitable for their location.
• Enable people to engage in activities of daily living that are important to them.
• Assessing how activities which the person needs or wants to do can be modified or adapted to make them easier.
• Understanding how the physical and social environment can be altered so that barriers are reduced.
• To develop system led opportunities for disabled people and those with long term health conditions, to enable them to access primary care services and foster a sense of belonging and inclusion, that challenges assumptions and supports social transformation.
• Build strong and professional relationships and work collaboratively with GP Surgeries, Primary Care Networks and the Integrated Care Board.
• To liaise and build meaningful partnerships with external agencies including health care professionals, charities, community groups and other health and social care organisations.
• Support and enable genuine co-productive practice.
• Promote person-centred practice which seeks to enable people to have control, choice, participation, and a sense of belonging.
• Connect people to their community to enable and empower them to engage in meaningful occupations.
• Deliver evidence based and best practice, which is occupation focused.
• Use therapeutic use of self to support individuals to have a positive experience of physical activity.

Non-Clinical Duties:

• To build positive working relationships with Everyone Active, the leisure provider and the local authority.
• Promote service within the local area through networking.
• Complete participation numbers for statistical purposes.
• Participate in audits, data collection, research and evidence-based practice.
• Promote the occupational therapy role to external agencies.
• Contribute to service development through innovative ideas and creation of resources.
• Initiate and lead projects to meet identified service needs.
• Seek out funding opportunities and complete funding applications where appropriate.
• Be involved/supportive when presented opportunities through our specialist provision.
• To ensure that up to date written and electronic records of own patient interventions and observations are completed in accordance with Sport for Confidence and professional standards.
• To ensure that required activity data is recorded and that relevant personal and departmental records are maintained.
• To be responsible for the quality of data recorded. The data should be accurate, legible (if handwritten), recorded in a timely manner, kept up to date and appropriately filed.
• To comply with relevant professional standards (i.e. the College of Occupational Therapists Code of Ethics and Professional conduct, Health Professions Council guidelines for professional practice).

Professional Duties:

• Attend professional meetings as required.
• Attend appropriate training events as required.
• Maintain a continuing professional development portfolio.
• Engage in regular supervision.
• Supervise and support students when appropriate.
• Provide day to day operational management of coaches and volunteers.
• Comply with policies and procedures regarding annual leave, sickness absence and time owing.
• Support with upskilling coaches to understand the therapeutic value of physical activity.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Complete all mandatory training.
• Keep updated on all matters relating to company policies and guidelines.
• Outlook calendar to be kept up to date.
• Provide cover as and when necessary.
• Participate in the employee appraisal process.
• Attend peer supervision and CPD opportunities.