Occupational Therapist

Senior Occupational Therapist – Band 6

The Intensive Support Team is a multi‑disciplinary team at the forefront of Community Learning Disability service delivery and is a progressive and dynamic service. Appropriate support will be provided to ensure that we are supporting people who have a learning disability and whose behaviour may challenge, to remain in the community and avoid an inappropriate hospital admission.

Responsibilities

• Carry out comprehensive specialist assessments for clients with complex presentations, including behaviours that challenge, sensory integration, and engagement.
• Interpret clinical and non‑clinical information, using clinical reasoning skills to accurately diagnose and develop specific treatment plans.
• Provide specialist advice to other professionals and carers, or single assessments to meet clients’ holistic care needs.
• Formulate and deliver individual treatment programmes based on specialist knowledge, evidence‑based practice, national and local guidelines using profession‑specific clinical skills and techniques (e.g. 1:1 interventions, group activities, carer education, patient education).
• Use highly developed skills when assessing and treating clients (e.g. deployment of effective communication strategies, sensory integration therapeutic use of self and moving and handling equipment).
• Negotiate with clients and carers to identify and formulate client‑centred goals and demonstrate ongoing evaluation of client progress using agreed outcome measures.
• Contribute to the clinical discharge planning process and onward referral as required.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• Wellbeing support, including an in‑house counselling service, external helpline and more
• Staff networks and support group

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