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Job overview

Are you an autonomous practitioner and creative thinker with experience of working with patients who have a learning disability and forensic history? If so don't miss this opportunity to join our newly established team working across the Thames Valley in Oxfordshire.

This new post will sit under the management of the SCFT providing community-based support to people with a learning disability and autism who display behaviour that can lead to contact with the criminal justice system (such as fire-setting, physically aggressive/violent or sexually inappropriate behaviour).

Main duties of the job

To be a Senior Occupational Therapist working autonomously, as a member of the Forensic Community Learning Disability multidisciplinary team, working across Thames Valley and offering in-reach to the secure services inpatient setting. 

To provide preventative, reactive, and evidence-based interventions through a combination of specialist risk assessment and management, face to face therapeutic interventions and support.

To support, training, and consultancy to other services to meet the needs of this group.

To provide specialist Occupational Therapy interventions using evidence-based client cantered principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate therapy with those service user's within the FCLD team.

To actively contribute to the development of the Occupational Therapy role and Occupational Therapy service provision according to identified needs of the multi-disciplinary team and service users needs.

The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in the provision of care, therapeutic interventions and treatment to Thames Valley Forensic Services learning disabled patients, ensuring the highest standards of care are provided.  To ensure that services to patients and carers are delivered and developed according to Trust and Social and Healthcare departmental policies.

Working for our organisation

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible 

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
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team