[ref. x2975517] Occupational Therapist and Keyworker - Oxford

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.

We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.

We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.

Good luck and we hope to hear from you.

Job overview

The Oxfordshire Learning Disability CAMHS Service is expanding and we are delighted to be offering the opportunity to employ an Occupational Therapist (OT) within our service. If you are passionate about working in the community with children and young people with a learning disability, to enhance their quality of life and health and reduce their vulnerabilities, then we are the team for you.

We would love to hear from any Occupational Therapists who have the compassion, skills and knowledge to help us holistically assess our young people and to deliver person centred interventions which impact daily activities and functioning and improve mental health and behaviours that challenge.

We're a friendly and supportive, well-established, and knowledgeable community multi-disciplinary team with good links across the CAMHS directorate (including to other OT's within CAMHS). You will receive quality individual, safeguarding and reflective practice supervision.

We are a progressive service keen to look forward and find ways to develop and improve the service. We have a team base but the role is also community based and includes home and school visits to offer assessment, observations and support with interventions.

Main duties of the job

This role would suit someone who thrives conducting initial and specific assessments and can communicate this effectively within the MDT and family but also externally to key organisation. Such as paediatrics, social care, and education. You will also have responsibility for and be supported with, managing risk changes and supporting young people and families with this.

Working for our organisation

Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application you are encouraged to read the “candidate guide to making an application” which is attached to all roles. Please include details around qualifications (including years these were gained particularly if we need to assess for clinical roles that these are still valid) and ensure that the supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses the essential criteria found in the JD.

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount
• Pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will hold a caseload or be a keyworker for cases, with responsibility for ensuring up to date care plans and risk assessments are in place.

You will take part in the team’s First Response rota, with an allocated day every fortnight. You will crucially provide consultation, advice, training and support to partnership agencies and members of the multidisciplinary team, from an OT perspective.

You will be a vital member of the MDT helping the wider internal and external systems to understand the complete identity and needs of the young people we support, including their learning disability, neurodivergence and mental health.

Person specification

Qualification

• Registered Occupational Therapist - including registration with HCPC

• A qualification in Sensory Integration or sensory informed practice.
• A qualification in Positive Behaviour Support.

Personal Qualities

• Commitment to client centred, non-discriminatory practice.
• Ability to reflect on and critically appraise the performance of self.
• Passionate to work with yp who have an ld

• Ability and skill to support others.
• Ability to speak up

Expereince

• Experience of working with children and young people who have psychiatric, emotional and behavioural problems and/or a learning disability.

• Experience of training and supporting others.
• Experience of supervising others.

Knowledge and skill

• To have an awareness of Occupational Therapy models and an understanding of how they may relate in practice.
• To have ability to assess client need, including mental health, physical health, education, and social needs.

• Understanding and experience of Positive Behaviour Support.
• Knowledge of emotional and mental health problems that affect children and young people.
• Knowledge and understanding of Learning Disability and Autistic Spectrum Disorder.
• All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
• Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
• We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
• Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
• We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
• We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
• Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing