Band 3 Occupational Therapy Support Worker - Bristol

1. Work in a collaborative and cooperative manner with service users, their families/carers and other health and social care professionals. Recognise and respect their involvement in the planning and delivery of care. 2. Assist in the maintenance of a safe therapeutic environment beneficial to the needs of the service users, relatives carers and others. 3. Contribute to the team approach, providing accurate and relevant feedback to registered staff: participate in team discussions and meetings regarding care of service users. 4. Develop a therapeutic relationship with service users to encourage and maximise their interest and participation in therapeutic activity. 5. Organise day to day activities for groups and individual therapy programmes including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation under the supervision of the mental health professionals. 6. Play a part in preparation of risk assessments; CPA/SAP. You should be an effective communicator who enjoys working alongside people and helping them achieve their goals. You will need experience of working with people with mental health needs, or personal knowledge of how mental health can affect people. We are a large welcoming supportive team, consisting of Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Support Workers, Education and Active Life. For a full list of duties and responsibilities please see attached job description.