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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Potential for working out of regular 9-5 working hours as determined by needs of service.)
Job ref
364-A-7471-A
Employer
Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
REACH Recovery College Trustlinks House
Town
Rochford
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/05/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust logo

Occupational Therapist Recovery College

Band 6

About Us

EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:

  • We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
  • We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.

EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.

Our vision and values

Our Vision

“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.

Our Purpose

“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.

Our Values

  • We Care
  • We Learn
  • We Empower

Our strategic objectives

  • We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
  • We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
  • We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
  • We will help our communities to thrive.

Our services

  • Mental Health Services
  • Community Health Services
  • Learning Disabilities Services
  • Social Care

Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory. 

Job overview

Here is a great opportunity for a registered Occupational Therapist who is interested in working with our third sector partners in supporting the delivery of the Recovery College within the South East of Essex.

The successful applicant will be based within the Recovery College, and work to identify Individual Learning Plans and support the co-production and co-delivery of courses identified by the students of the college. However, you will be linked with the wider Occupational Therapy network within the Trust, affording opportunities for development, supporting the wider AHP agenda.

Main duties of the job

To help students of the college within their recovery journey identify their learning objectives, and help co-produce and co-deliver courses that support them within meeting the identified objectives.

To provide a level of clinical skills and expertise in delivering the Recovery College agenda, in supporting a larger number of people  within Primary Care provision in managing their mental health needs.

Working for our organisation

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

  • Season Ticket Loans
  • NHS discounts for staff
  • Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
  • Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
  • The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
  • Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
  • Day One Flexible Employer

The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment

Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?

Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.

All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.

If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see more details within the attached job description.

To work with third sector providers to co-develop and deliver appropriate recovery focused learning opportunities for students of the college.

To support and guide fellow workers in the use of group work/interventions to support recovery.

To work with students of college to help identify the learning that might support them within their recovery journey. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree or Diploma
  • HC
Desirable criteria
  • Completed Preceptorship

Skills

Essential criteria
  • Delivery of a range of recovery focused groups/workshops
  • Knowledge of mental health presentations
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of co-production

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveDisability confident leaderImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Essex Family Friendly Employers

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Cat Grief
Job title
Head Occupational Therapist
Email address
[email protected]
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