Occupational Therapy Assistant - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
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Liverpool, United Kingdom

21 hours ago

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We have exciting opportunities for permanent Band 3 Occupational Therapy Assistants to work with our Occupational Therapy Teams within the Secure Care Division - across High, Medium and Low Secure Services.


Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust specialises in providing high quality care to men and women with a Learning Disability and Mental Health problems.

The Secure and Specialist Learning Disability Division have a number of Forensic and Enhanced Support services that include High Secure, Medium Secure, Low Secure, Step Down and Enhanced beds based within inpatient services or in the community.

We also have a dedicated Specialist Support Team that provides support in the community.


Each service is delivered using the least restrictive principles, maximising opportunities for service users to work towards more independent living and receive specialist therapy geared to their personalised recovery.

The service operates with a strong focus on multidisciplinary team working and the utilisation of all staff in delivering integrated therapy over the 24 hour period.


We are looking for Occupational Therapy Assistants who can demonstrate compassion and empathy to our service users, improving the quality of care services within a Secure/Forensic Environment.


It is essential that you are enthusiastic, passionate, adaptable and highly motivated, with a keen interest in mental health and learning disabilities in forensic services.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference in a fast-paced and challenging environment and be involved in the ongoing development of provision.


Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.


We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services.

Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.


At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient.

We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together.

We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce costs as we do so.


Continuous Improvement is one of Mersey Care NHS Trust's four values and our aim is to deliver care that makes a positive difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers.


We offer excellent terms and conditions including flexible working, structured pay progression, access to occupational health and staff support services and a genuine commitment to supporting staff to achieve their full potential through training and development.

Interviews are to be confirmed.

See attached job description and person specification for full overview.


Essential that the post holder has an NVQ Level 2, with an aim to complete NVQ Level 3 at a later date.

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