Job overview

Our LSCFT All age Learning Disability Team are looking for a new member to join our adult team!

If you are an occupational therapist passionate about improving the lives for people with Learning Disabilities, we would love to hear from you.

The team is hoping to find an Occupational Therapist who is adaptable, highly motivated, with excellent communication skills and driven about working with people with learning disabilities and complex needs. The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing Occupational Therapy assessments, evidence based interventions and support individuals with learning disabilities and their families and carers.

The Occupational Therapy team works within locality teams across the Lancashire and South Cumbria area and team working with our MDTs is really important to us! The role includes agile and office based working and Lancashire and South Cumbria Foundation Trust offers flexible working opportunities to support staff well-being. 

The Occupational Therapy provision will cover across Lancashire and South Cumbria.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job include
•    Assess the individuals occupational performance in their environment(s)
•    Support individuals and their families/carers to engage and participate in everyday activities.
•    Supporting engagement in activities of daily living, leisure activities and productivity.
•    Develop focused care plans, ensuring regular reviews to monitor progress and adapt individualised care plans as necessary. 
•    To deliver evidenced based Occupational Therapy interventions.
•    To support delivery of workshops and therapeutic groups within the local communities
•    The post holder will work as a member of the Multi-disciplinary Team ensuring that high quality individualised care is delivered which ensures safety and a commitment to promoting wellbeing and maximising independence.

Working for our organisation

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well