• Job Description

  Req#: C9277-25-0901?language=en&page=838&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  We are seeking a Band 4 Occupational Therapy Technical Instructor. The post holder will be a member of the wider Occupational Therapy (OT) team and will contribute to the provision of occupational therapy services. You will work in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to enable service users to reach their recovery potential and develop the skills necessary to manage their mental illness. You will motivate service users and encourage community re-integration by liaising with suitable local resources to promote social inclusion.

  OT Technical Instructors support individuals and groups in the Seven Day Therapies Programme, typically working some evenings, bank holidays, a Saturday and a Sunday across four weekends.

  Important Sponsorship Information for this post: Due to service budget restrictions we are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.

  Main duties of the job

  Key Task and Responsibilities

  • To manage your own workload
  • To work independently under the supervision of a registered OT as a member of the MDT
  • Use technical, creativeand psychosocial skills to assist in providing therapeutic activities for individuals/groups of service users
  • To take responsibility for leading on the development of service user projects
  • Communicate with service users/carers
  • Provide feedback on therapeutic activities to supervisor, OT colleagues and MDT
  • Have an awareness of social inclusion and skills development and ensure activities used focus on these objectives
  • To undertake additional delegated responsibilities as directed by OT supervisor

  About us

  Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

  Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

  • We're Kind
  • We're Fair
  • We Listen
  • We Care

  Details

  Date posted

  21 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 4

  Salary

  £32,199 to £34,876 a year pa inc

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  277-7360171-FOR

  Job locations

  Bracton Centre

  Bracton Lane off Leyton Cross Road

  Dartford

  DA2 7AF

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • To exercise good personal time management, punctuality, and consistent reliable attendance
  • To support service users within the forensic service, offering a range of therapeutic activities as well as encourage access to community activities to promote social inclusion
  • To attend all relevant mandatory training as directed by the Trust
  • To contribute to CPD through participation in training and development opportunities
  • To attend the Trust wide OT Support Workers Development group

  • To participate in and contribute to the development of the service locally
  • To ensure relevant national and local polices are implemented
  • To review and reflect on own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal guided by KSF.

  To work effectively as a member of a team by providing a programme of ward, department or community based therapeutic activities.

  To use technical, creative, psychosocial and daily living skills to engage service users in therapeutic activities to promote independence, wellbeing and social inclusion

  Under supervision of a registered OT, facilitate/co-facilitate planned group work and individual activities

  Contribute to formal OT assessments of service users under the guidance of a registered OT and provide feedback on service users occupational functioning

  Under supervision assist and support service users to achieve their goals

  To engage in the ongoing assessment and treatment of service users and adjust own clinical interventions based on the fluctuating needs of the service users.

  To assist in the implementation, evaluation, and modification of OT interventions

  Under the supervision of a registered OT, develop and implement specific socially inclusive projects to meet the needs of service users.

  To undertake delegated tasks to contribute to the safe and smooth running of the service

  • To demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate current research and apply them to practice
  • To broaden research and development skills through participation in local audit and research projects

  To communicate appropriately with service users and carers, team members and OT colleagues

  To communicate appropriately with those who have difficulty with communication for any reason.

  To communicate effectively as required within job role using appropriate methods of communication.

  To ensure that up to date electronic and written records are maintained in accordance with Professional and Trust standards

  To report effectively to the MDT on service users progress/performance in areas of self-maintenance, productivity, and leisure

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  • To exercise good personal time management, punctuality, and consistent reliable attendance
  • To support service users within the forensic service, offering a range of therapeutic activities as well as encourage access to community activities to promote social inclusion
  • To attend all relevant mandatory training as directed by the Trust
  • To contribute to CPD through participation in training and development opportunities
  • To attend the Trust wide OT Support Workers Development group

  • To participate in and contribute to the development of the service locally
  • To ensure relevant national and local polices are implemented
  • To review and reflect on own practice and performance through effective use of professional and operational supervision and appraisal guided by KSF.

  To work effectively as a member of a team by providing a programme of ward, department or community based therapeutic activities.

  To use technical, creative, psychosocial and daily living skills to engage service users in therapeutic activities to promote independence, wellbeing and social inclusion

  Under supervision of a registered OT, facilitate/co-facilitate planned group work and individual activities

  Contribute to formal OT assessments of service users under the guidance of a registered OT and provide feedback on service users occupational functioning

  Under supervision assist and support service users to achieve their goals

  To engage in the ongoing assessment and treatment of service users and adjust own clinical interventions based on the fluctuating needs of the service users.

  To assist in the implementation, evaluation, and modification of OT interventions

  Under the supervision of a registered OT, develop and implement specific socially inclusive projects to meet the needs of service users.

  To undertake delegated tasks to contribute to the safe and smooth running of the service

  • To demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate current research and apply them to practice
  • To broaden research and development skills through participation in local audit and research projects

  To communicate appropriately with service users and carers, team members and OT colleagues

  To communicate appropriately with those who have difficulty with communication for any reason.

  To communicate effectively as required within job role using appropriate methods of communication.

  To ensure that up to date electronic and written records are maintained in accordance with Professional and Trust standards

  To report effectively to the MDT on service users progress/performance in areas of self-maintenance, productivity, and leisure

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Qualification pertaining to health and social care, i.e. City & Guilds or Health & Social Care NVQ Level 2 or equivalent skills acquired through in-service development or experience. . Evidence of continuing professional and personal development

  Experience

  Essential

  • Demonstrable experience of working in health/social care/teaching setting . Experience of report/letter writing and form filling . Experience of training others in technical/ leisure skills . Experience of working both independently and in a team, as well as providing group and 1:1 interventions

  Knowledge and skills

  Essential

  • Ability to work single handed in ward and community settings . An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people who experience mental health problems . Group work skills and an awareness of social inclusion and skills development and ensure activities used focus on these objectives

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Qualification pertaining to health and social care, i.e. City & Guilds or Health & Social Care NVQ Level 2 or equivalent skills acquired through in-service development or experience. . Evidence of continuing professional and personal development

  Experience

  Essential

  • Demonstrable experience of working in health/social care/teaching setting . Experience of report/letter writing and form filling . Experience of training others in technical/ leisure skills . Experience of working both independently and in a team, as well as providing group and 1:1 interventions

  Knowledge and skills

  Essential

  • Ability to work single handed in ward and community settings . An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people who experience mental health problems . Group work skills and an awareness of social inclusion and skills development and ensure activities used focus on these objectives

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Bracton Centre

  Bracton Lane off Leyton Cross Road

  Dartford

  DA2 7AF

  
  

  Employer's website

  http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Bracton Centre

  Bracton Lane off Leyton Cross Road

  Dartford

  DA2 7AF

  
  

  Employer's website

  http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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