Senior Occupational Therapist

We have an excellent opportunity available for a Senior Occupational Therapist to join our Integrated Mental Health Service, here at Wokingham Borough Council, on a Full Time, permanent basis.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a passionate and dynamic team, playing an integral role as we collaborate with The Health Trust to transform our services and develop a dedicated social care pathway. This role, along with the Occupational Therapist post, have been created specifically to establish a reablement offer.  Reablement provision will focus on delivering short-term, recovery-focused and goal-orientated support to individuals in the community, and on discharge from hospital.  

Occupational Therapists will work collaboratively with care providers and Social Care Practitioners, along with voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations to ensure individuals’ needs are met.  As part of this, we are keen for Occupational Therapists to conduct sensory assessments to support us to better meet the needs of our neurodiverse populations.  Occupational Therapists’ skills are valued and recognised as being key in enhancing the new social care pathway and Integrated Mental Health Service.

Both Wokingham Borough Council and The Health Trust recognise the benefits of integration, which include holistic support for people accessing, peer support and working collaboratively across mental health services in Wokingham.

Wokingham Community Mental Health Services are committed to professional development and has excellent working relationships with health colleagues and colleagues in Adult Social Care.

If the successful candidate is an AMHP there will be the opportunity to be approved by Wokingham and contribute to the AMHP rota and receive the AMHP allowance (£5355 - £7000 depending on experience).  Additionally, if you’re AMHP who has been out of practice, we may be able to support your re-approval to you get back up and running.

Benefits

Not only is this an excellent opportunity, but it’s a fantastic time to join our team. You will receive an extensive range of employee benefits including:

⭐ A generous annual leave entitlement of 31 days (rising to 36 days after 5 years continued local government service), plus Bank Holidays

⭐ Enrolment to an excellent local government pension scheme

⭐ An employee assistance programme including 24/7 wellbeing helpline

⭐ A range of local & lifestyle discounts

⭐ Use of a free onsite gym (located at Shute End office)

⭐ Salary sacrifice car & cycle to work schemes

⭐ And much more! 

Key responsibilities:

• Hold a mental health caseload, conduct assessments, provide care/recommendations and services for people who have severe and/or enduring mental health difficulties, and physical health co-morbidities
• Develop an occupation-focussed short-term reablement service
• Produce care plans and risk management plans and ensure their effective implementation.
• Support care providers to develop skills to better support our population
• Act in a supervisory role to other team members and provide supervision
• Identify safeguarding adult and children concerns and implement safeguarding policies and processes.
• Maintain high standards of quality in clinical recording, ensuring information is recorded accurately, appropriately and kept up to date
• Comply with all service requirements in terms of lone working in the community.

Candidate requirements:

• Have a degree in Occupational Therapy and be registered with HCPC
• Have post qualification experience in mental health settings
• Full EU driving licence and daily access to use of a car
• Have comprehensive understanding of Safeguarding, Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Human Rights legislation
• Be a skilled communicator, with the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and customers
• Be well organized with excellent time management skills.
• Strong IT skills.

Our Area

Wokingham Borough is set in the heart of Berkshire with excellent transport links to Reading and central London. Our area comprises of a vibrant and historical market town, attractive villages, and miles of beautiful countryside.

We’re home to a range of high performing schools including 69 primary and 21 secondary, a host of international businesses and an incredible community. We have a strong local economy with accelerated growth, a range of excellent public facilities and low levels of crime, offering an exceptional quality of life.

If you’re interested in this exciting opportunity, click the link below and apply today.

Alternatively, for more information or to arrange an information discussion, please contact Charlotte Carpenter, Service Manager Mental Health via email charlotte.carpenter@wokingham.gov.uk 

Closing: Sunday 15th December 2024, 11pm

Interviews: TBC

If your application is shortlisted for an interview, you will be required to provide proof of your right to work in the UK at that stage. Additionally, successful candidates must present proof upon receiving a job offer. 

Please note that all offers are conditional and subject to the satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.

Please be aware that we will be reviewing the applications we receive on a daily basis, and we reserve the right to close the advert early if suitable candidates are identified.     

Wokingham Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, other workers and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates for this role will be subject to Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks.

Wokingham is an equal opportunities employer.