OT Therapeutic Employment Assistant / Painting & Decorating
Job Description
Job summary
An exciting opportunity to further develop a Painting and Decorating project has arisen within the Forensic Service's Occupational Therapy department's Therapeutic Employment team.
This is a Band 4 Occupational Therapy Assistant rolewithin a close knit team.The Painting and Decorating project sits within theNuLeaf Therapeutic Employment projects at the John Howard Centre and Wolfson House, which also include theOasis Coffee Shop, The Spot Coffee Shop, Landscaping / Therapeutic Horticulture, Admin and the Barber Shop / Hair Salon.
The Therapeutic Employment projects are run as social enterprise businesses, with a focus on supporting service users' recovery, resilience building, and the maintenance and acquisition of task specific and soft employment skills.
The aim is to increase training and employment opportunities for forensic service users by providing opportunities to utilize their existing skills or facilitate the development of a new skills set to potentially work in the painting and decorating / home maintenance industry post discharge.
You will find it a varied and stimulating environment, working with service users from across the John Howard Centre, including the Learning Disability and Autism services. You will receive relevant training, monthly supervision and have access to the OT departments CPD programme.
Main duties of the job
To liaise with the lead clinician to develop and maintain a curriculum / training schedule to train service users systematically and to measure progress and achievements
To develop a service user workforce for the Painting & Decorating project by managing referrals and discharges in liaison with and under guidance of senior staff, and maintaining an up to date rota
To liaise with customers and other agencies to ensure commissioned jobs are delivered at agreed high standards and in a timely manner
To procure, manage and maintain necessary equipment and materials ensuring health and safety regulations, trust policies and local protocolsare adhered to
To assist in the planning, implementation and delivery of a range of established vocational and employment programmes/activities across the NuLeaf employment projects at the John Howard Centre within a group or one to one setting to contribute to a patient's overall care package
To assess, implement, evaluate and report on patient involvement and their responses to the specific programmes/activities
To work with patients who present with various mental health problems and reside in Acute, Rehab, and Learning Disability Services within the John Howard Centre and at Wolfson House.
To assist in the running of all service user employment projects in the John Howard Centre, providing cover when necessary and feasible.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached which outlines main responsibilities too.
To be responsible for the planning, delivery and smooth running of the NuLeaf Painting & Decorating project in conjunction with the Estates Departments painter and decorator to develop a schedule for areas tobe maintained regularly.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Desirable
- o Qualification in painting and decorating, furniture restoration or home maintenance
- o Teaching/ training and mentoring skills
Experience
Essential
- o Significant experience of working in the painting and decorating / home maintenance / construction industries
- o Significant experience of calculating costs and prices, and providing quotations for painting, decorating or maintenance projects
- o Experience of customer service or customer liaison within the home improvement industry
Desirable
- o Previous experience of delivering group and individual vocational/therapeutic programmes in a related clinical field.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- One or more specific vocational activities including painting and decorating and general home maintenance skills
Desirable
- Skills in training, teaching and mentoring groups and teams as well as individuals
- Awareness of the impact of mental health difficulties on occupational functioning, especially performance capacity and productivity
- Understanding risk assessment issues and its application to practice in a secure environment
- Awareness of agencies and other external providers offering access to vocational development opportunities
- Equal Opportunities related to staff and clients
- Excellent IT skills MS Word and EXCEL
other
Essential
- o Physical ability to facilitate a wide range of activities both on a one-to-one and group basis, including using, handling and managing equipment and materials as required. o Interest in continuous learning and CPD and role development activities o Interest in gaining an understanding of OT principles and how they apply to and benefit forensic mental health service users o Compassionate approach to supporting service users in their learning and training o Excellent organisational and time management skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
John howard centre/ Wolfson house
12 Kenworthy road
homerton
E9 5TD
