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| Category: | Nursing | Recruiter Reference: | 35911 |
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Are you an Occupational Therapy Assistant who would like to explore a rewarding career experience?
About Us
Cygnet was established in 1988 as an independent provider of health and social care services in England, Scotland and Wales.
Your Role - Occupational Therapy Assistant
Working hours – 37.5 Hours per week, Monday to Friday between 9:00am and 5:00pm
Salary: £27,250 per year, increasing to £27,750 per year post probation
Service Line – Mental Health Forensic
Location: Cygnet Hospital Stevenage, Gravely Road, Stevenage, Herts SG1 4YS
Summary of the site:
Cygnet Stevenage operates as a medium secure unit and runs PICU/Acute service lines within this framework. Our site has a wide range of therapeutic resources where service users can develop their daily living skills in a bespoke environment.
This includes a Recovery College, ADL kitchen, a large gym, therapeutic garden, football pitch, music production studio, and many other therapeutic spaces. Service users are encouraged to extend their community skills with easy transport links from the hospital, and a thriving local town centre.
The successful candidate will join the OT department and support the OTs in delivering evidenced based interventions. Organization, leadership and delegation skills will be essential to the role in addition to sound knowledge of the Recovery Model and Model of Human Occupation.Experience of working with service users in a secure environment would be advantageous.
The post holder will be expected to support the team in providing individual and group sessions to facilitate recovery and rehabilitation. Clinical and managerial supervision will be provided by an Occupational Therapist and training opportunities will be offered to support professional development.
In this role you will work within an MDT (which consists of Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Nursing, Medical and Social Work) to support recovery and rehabilitation for service users at Cygnet Hospital Stevenage.
Occupational Therapy Directorate
Under the leadership of our Occupational Therapy directors we support over 150 Occupational Therapists and over 300 OT support staff. Working together as a large team we provide support to each other across the group, with the opportunity to be part of specialist interest groups & become involved in service development.
Every service line has a clinical lead occupational therapist to lead and develop evidence based practice and agreed occupational therapy pathway.
Occupational Therapy Assistant Induction:
We offer a Full induction into the OT department and development opportunities.
5 reasons why you should make an application today…
Cygnet Health Care Benefits
A career at Cygnet comes with excellent benefits. Whether it’s saving you money on the high street, with healthcare, holidays & leisure – or securing your future with professional development and a pension – we support you to be happy both in & out of work.
Apply now to enjoy excellent career prospects while reaping the rewards of making a difference to others – every day.
If you would like to discuss this role with the recruiting occupational therapist or arrange an informal visit, we’d be more than happy to facilitate this. Please contact: Ummarah Sheikh (Acting Head of Occupational Therapy) ummarahsheikh@cygnethealth.co.uk contact no- 01438342942.
Requirements:
The successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS and reference check and an offer of employment will be subject to successful clearance.