Occupational Therapist

 

Occupational Therapist

Location: Hounslow (across services)

Salary: £36,069

Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Option to work Part Time hours)

Contract: Permanent

 

Are you a qualified Occupational Therapist seeking a rewarding role, supporting clients with complex needs around their recovery in a dynamic supported housing environment?

About the role

This position is within a non-clinical supported housing team, Hounslow LIFE – a large and varied accommodation service, supporting clients with complex needs to recover and progress with their lives. The post-holder will develop the role of OT in the service, working alongside the support staff team to deliver more specialist interventions and assessments, liaising with external partners to help clients achieve the best outcomes possible, & ensuring that appropriate accommodation and support packages are in place.

Clients present with varied and complex needs, including mental and physical health problems, substance use, offending behaviours, safeguarding risks, and care needs, and experience multiple barriers to accessing the support they require. Your role will be to support the team and clients around more complex cases, in order to overcome these challenges and move towards independent living.

In this role you will:

Deliver and develop the Occupational Therapy provision for clients with a history of homelessness and complex needs. Hounslow LIFE supports around ninety clients in a range of accommodation types, including two complex needs hostels, an assessment centre, four semi-independent projects, and three move-on properties.

Develop a range of assessments, therapeutic skills and interventions including: use of standardized OT assessments; individual focused interventions; OT specific therapies focusing on leisure, ETE & self-care; supporting successful community living and ultimately enabling clients to progress to and live independently.

You will continue to grow skills around working with physical, mental health; and substance use needs, and have the opportunity to work with experienced OTs working within the homelessness sector. You will be supported by an experienced team of managers and support workers to develop this exciting and innovative aspect of our service.

Things to consider:

Your usual working hours will be Monday-Friday, 9-5, with some flexibility expected – and with flexi hours available as an option

The fixed salary point has been set to be equivalent to the NHS Band 6 (plus outer London weighting) entry level, so as to be competitive.

 

About you

A passionate and experienced individual; committed to our recovery approach alongside: 

 

Post-qualification experience in a community or hospital setting at Band 5 level; and some experience of carrying out a range of OT assessments and identification of health and social care needs.

Strong influencing skills and the ability to maintain relationships with multi-agency colleagues.

An understanding of the issues faced by homeless or vulnerable people and the difficulties they experience in accessing services.

The ability to communicate effectively with excluded and vulnerable people, advocate for them, and challenge discrimination when required.

A creative approach to problem-solving, and the confidence to work autonomously to use your expertise to develop & deliver a new OT approach within this service model.

 

 

What we offer

Excellent Development and Growth Opportunities

We hold Investors in People Gold accreditation – one of just 3% of Housing Associations to achieve this. 82% of staff who took part in the survey say St Mungo’s is a great place to work.

We are committed to developing all of our staff via routes such as secondments, transfers and promotion. In % of our vacancies were filled by internal promotions.

A Diverse and Inclusive Work Place

Equality, diversity and inclusion are central to the organisation's values and how we work.

We are proud of our commitment to diversity and inclusion and have 8 great Diversity Networks to support clients and staff from different backgrounds so they are able to be their best selves.

Flexible Working and Pension

We are committed to maintaining your work/life balance. We offer 25 days annual leave, and operate a very popular Flexi Time scheme, which allows you to supplement your annual leave entitlement. After 5 years, staff annual leave entitlement increases to 28 days.

Pension: St Mungo’s contribute 4% of your gross annual salary, and you are able to enrol in the Defined Contribution scheme following a successful probationary period in which the employer contribution is 6%.

 

What we do

At St Mungo’s our vision is that everyone has a place to call home and can fulfil their hopes and ambitions. As a homelessness charity and housing association, our clients are at the heart of what we do, and in 2019 – 2020 we supported 32,800 people across all of our services. Our staff are crucial to making this happen.

 

How to apply

To find out more and apply please go to the St Mungo’s careers page on our website. 

Please contact St Mungo's to discuss Part Time Hours

 

To view the job description and guidance on completing your application form, please click on the ‘document available’ tab at the top of the advert page on our website.

Closing date: 10am 30 June 2021

Interview and assessments on: 9 July 2021

It is a requirement for this post that an enhanced DBS disclosure check will be undertaken for the successful candidate.

Please be advised that all appointments will be made on St Mungo’s current standard Terms and Conditions (T&Cs); this also applies to any internal candidates.