Occupational Therapy Support Worker in Edinburgh

**Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage**   

​​​​​​​Please note: As this post is part-time the salary will be pro-rata.

NHS Lothian Learning Disabilities Service

Band 3 Occupational Therapy Support Worker – Community Learning Disabilities Team

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Occupational Therapy team within the Adult Learning Disabilities Service. We are a specialist team working across Edinburgh and West Lothian, committed to improving the quality of life and outcomes for our patient group. We welcome applications from enthusiastic, motivated and hard-working individuals to join our team who are committed to developing themselves, staff and the OT service.

Occupational Therapy Team based within the Community Learning Disabilities Teams (CLDT’s) provide assessment and intervention for adults with a Learning Disability, whose complex needs mean they cannot access mainstream services. The caseloads can include, patients with communication difficulties, dementia, mental health needs, Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities, autism, and behaviours which can be seen as challenging.

OT Support Workers, work with the OT’s to assist and implement assessment and treatment programmes. Work can include: ordering, collecting and installing items of equipment: skills development work, e.g. accessing public transport, food prep skills: researching and gathering information regarding activities suitable for our patients to engage in, developing accessible/readable resources (timetables, visiual prompts, symbols etc), assisting the OT with assessments and interventions, as well as some admin duties related to the OT team.

The OT team work closely with our multi-professional colleagues, including Social work, Speech and Language Therapy, Physiotherapy, Nursing, Psychology and Psychiatry to provided effective joined up assessment and intervention. Strong team work and communication skills are essential.

Professional supervision, training and development are integral to the service. We welcome applicants who have skills that can be transferred into Learning Disabilities Service and you will be supported to develop within this speciality.

For further information about these roles click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions please contact Rachel Fleming on 0131 446 4471 or email Rachel.Fleming@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post