Occupational Therapist (Band 5)

Cygnet Health Care; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 32,000; Full time

Job description

Are you an Occupational Therapist who would like to explore a rewarding career experience?

About Us

Cygnet Health Care was established in 1988 as an independent provider of health and social care services in England, Scotland and Wales.

Your Role

Are you a Band 5 or newly qualified OT who would like to develop your experience in Mental Health Services? Are you ready to expand your clinical skills?

Service Line: Mental Health Adults Rehabilitation (Male)

Your role: Band 5 Occupational Therapist

Working hours: Full time

Salary: Starting from £31,317 per year (increasing after preceptorship)

Summary of the site:

Cygnet Oaks is a 35 bed service specialising in high support inpatient rehabilitation (level 2) for men, providing a multi-disciplinary treatment programme designed to assist individuals with their return to independent living.

Depending on the individual's level of need, at Cygnet Oaks we provide different levels of support in 2 wards, the Lodge and the House:

1. Lodge: this is a 20 bed admission ward where most service users will start their recovery journey at Cygnet Oaks. Individuals who are admitted to this ward are generally stepping down from an acute or a low secure service.
2. House: a 15 bed service for individuals to continue along their care pathway. The Lodge also contains a 4 bed step-through service, situated in its own corridor with a separate living space to prepare and develop individuals towards a community placement while still having input from the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).

Our dedicated clinical teams provide a full multi-disciplinary programme that includes occupational therapy, psychology, and psychiatry, offering service users the opportunities and support they need to stabilise their condition and enter society with a renewed sense of enthusiasm and optimism.

Our interventions are matched according to individual needs. Our team will always adapt their engagement technique and personnel delivering specific interventions to maximise engagement and ensure that progress is always being made with the men in our care.

Our occupational therapy department supports service users to engage in meaningful occupations, overcome barriers that prevent them from engaging in meaningful activities, and focuses on supporting individuals to develop the skills needed to live a more independent and fulfilling life in the community. To support this, we have a full therapy programme that includes a range of self-care, productive, and leisure-based activities. Our occupational therapy pathway has different stages of treatment, and the interventions offered will change as our service users progress through each stage of this pathway.

Barnsley town centre is a short walk or bus ride away, giving service users access to the many facilities in the local community. To promote social inclusion, we have developed pathways linking the service user's short term goals in care plans with activities in the mainstream services of the local communities.

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 and 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.

We ensure our occupational therapy team members have a voice through participating in service model development, utilising the expertise and support of our clinical lead occupational therapists.

Occupational Therapy Preceptorship & Induction:

We understand the pandemic has brought with it challenging times, and we recognise this may have had an impact on some of your placement experiences. We offer an Occupational Therapy 12 month preceptorship programme to support and consolidate core Occupational Therapy Skills.

For more insight into life as an OT at Cygnet Health Care visit: OT Life at Cygnet Health Care. Here you can listen to the opinions, stories, and advice from our exceptional OTs - it could help the next step in your career.