Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor - London, United Kingdom - Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated Technical Instructor to support the work of the Occupational Therapists at HMP Pentonville.

Pentonville is a large Category B remand prison serving the diverse population of North London.

The OT team are part of a broader health and wellbeing team comprising OT's, a speech and language therapist, psychology, primary care mental health, and substance misuse workers.

The post offers opportunity to work with a broad spectrum of individuals with complex health and social care needs, including those with mental health and personality disorder, ADHD and autistic spectrum disorder, as well as those who have physical health needs.

There will be opportunity to provide input into a varied activity based group program as well as a psycho-education program.

The technical instructor will work alongside OTs to implement care plans as laid out by the OT team.

The post holder will receive regular individual supervision to support their practice, as well as opportunities to engage in reflective practice groups.

The team has a strong emphasis on support and training, with a regular internal program of training, as well as funding external providers for specialist needs.

BEHMHT is a multiple award-winning, combined mental health (MH) and community Trust providing local, regional and national healthcare services.

We are one of the largest employers in North London with over 3000 staff delivering a range of mental health and community services to a population of over one million.

In Enfield, we provide a full range of child and adult community health services, which over the last few years has been integrating with its mental health services to provide better and more holistic care.

BEH manages the renowned North London Forensic Services (NLFS) which delivers MH care across some of the prisons and provides MH services as HM Young Offenders Institutions in Aylesbury.

We are rated as 'Outstanding' by the CQC.

We have also been appointed as the lead provider of forensic mental health services across North London managing the devolved New Models of care budget of £170m from 2018/19.

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the link attached.