Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 4 Technical Instructor to join our Occupational Therapy team within the Forensic Inpatient Service, Enfield.

Our service supports adults with complex mental health needs and a forensic or offending history in their recovery. Through meaningful activity, skill development, education, and vocational opportunities, we help people build confidence, increase independence, and work towards their personal goals and aspirations.

As a Technical Instructor, you will inspire and support service users to develop new skills, explore interests and achieve personal goals through meaningful vocational, practical and recovery-focused activities. Your work will play a vital role in promoting confidence, independence, wellbeing and social inclusion.

We value creativity and recognise that everyone brings something different to the role. Whether you have experience in arts and crafts, digital skills, cooking, mindfulness, or another area of interest, we are keen to support you to use your skills and passions to enhance the opportunities available to our service users.

This is a varied and rewarding role. You will have the opportunity to build positive therapeutic relationships, support individuals to achieve their goals, and make a genuine difference to people's lives.

If you are passionate about helping people realise their potential and believe meaningful activity can transform lives, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work under the supervision of a Qualified Occupational Therapist, on a medium / low secure forensic ward; alongside a robust multi-disciplinary team. As a Technical Instructor you will be expected to work with individuals on a one to one basis and facilitate therapeutic group sessions within the hospital and in the community; with the aim to promote service users recovery, maximise independence and to work towards their discharge. Team working and communication are an essential part of this role.

About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
• Excellent internal staff network

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Job responsibilities
Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the link attached.

Person Specification
WORKING EXPEIRENCE
Essential

• Experience working in mental health services

Desirable

• Experience working in inpatient services
• Experience working in forensic mental health services

SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential

• Delivering meaningful activity, vocational or therapeutic programmes
• Ability to motivate patients to attend and participate in activities and recovery

Desirable

• Relevant vocational, technical, teacher, training, or activity based qualification

EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential

• Experience of working as a team member
• Experience of managing own time effectively to meet clinical and administrative tasks.
• Experience of planning and running therapeutic groups and sessions
• Working in the NHS or inpatient experience

Desirable

• Managing risk and maintaining safe therapeutic environments
• Ability to adapt groups to the functional level of the service user group

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.

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).