Senior Occupational Therapist - Community Rehabilitation in Manchester

The GMMH rehabilitation service has an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and innovative occupational therapist to be part of the Home Engagement and Rehabilitation Team. The service is establishing a strong reputation for providing bespoke, intensive and individualised care to service users living with enduring mental health problems to enable them to live their lives to their full potential. The successful candidate will play a central role within the MDT to ensure high quality, recovery focussed care is delivered to service users in the community.

The role involves managing a small caseload of service users on the short term intervention pathway, for whom the post holder will lead on the assessment, collaborative care planning and provision of interventions. It will also involve offering specialist OT advice and intervention for service users care co-ordinated by other members of the MDT. The service covers a large geographical area including all of Manchester and Salford, therefore there is an expectation that the postholder will travel across the footprint. You will require a good understanding of the principles of mental health rehabilitation and an awareness of the delivery of community mental health care.

Main duties of the job:

• To manage a defined caseload of service users, of a working age, within the CMHT, with complex mental health and physical needs in the community, using evidenced based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate OT Interventions.
• To provide OT professional advice for MDT and support staff.
• To participate in the planning, development and evaluation of the OT service within the team, taking responsibility for defined projects.
• To regularly supervise OT students on fieldwork placement.
• Following the occupational case formulation, the post holder will make recommendations to access support from appropriate professionals and agencies, or deliver OT interventions with the aim of gaining or restoring a balance of occupational and/or life roles for the individual.
• The post holder will maintain a recovery focus and will demonstrate skill and sensitivity in the assessment of vulnerable service users with higher level of needs.
• The post holder will also be responsible for the organisation and supervision of recovery workers within the team.
• They will also be confident in responding to crises where necessary, delegating tasks to colleagues as appropriate.
• The post holder will play a key role in the development of the service, by assisting the leadership team in day-to-day operations, organising, leading, teaching, supervising and supporting junior colleagues.

This role offers the following benefits and responsibilities:

• Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years.

Experience:

• Experience of working in a rehab setting OR a community mental health setting.
• Experience of working with people with complex needs and co‑morbidities.
• Experience of conducting assessments identifying health and social care needs.
• Experience of working across both inpatient AND community settings.
• Experience of delivering line management and clinical supervision.
• Evidence of acting as educator for students.
• Experience of funding application/social care/CCG.
• Experience of leading safeguarding enquiries.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge and understanding of recovery model, appropriate therapeutic approaches and engagement strategies.
• Knowledge and understanding of Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act & Care Act.
• Working knowledge of current transformation of GMMH mental health rehab services.
• Understanding current national policy, initiatives, and principles of mental health rehabilitation.

Skills:

• Be able to manage a caseload and work autonomously within the team.
• Evidence of good time management and organisational skills.
• Ability to assess, plan and evaluate care.

Important Information about working for GMMH:

All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre‑employment checks. The Trust mandates all post holders who require a DBS for their role to subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £16 per year and maintain registration throughout your employment with GMMH.

Equal Opportunities: We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under‑represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities.