Occupational Therapist Lead - Surrey Prisons

To lead and coordinate the development of OT in our prison health care services To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of occupational therapy across Surrey prisons against clear aims, objectives and outcome measures in line with evidence based practice and in conjunction with service users, carers and other professionals. To provide specialist, culturally appropriate, evidence based occupational therapy assessments, intervention and evaluation for individuals within the prison setting in order to establish and meet their occupational needs. To plan, implement and review individually tailored programmes of intervention using individual and group work approaches with prisoners. To support individuals to develop skills and knowledge; and engage with community partner agencies, to facilitate successful transitions from the prison environment to the community. To demonstrate excellent communication skills and form positive therapeutic relationships using warmth and empathy which enable
service user empowerment. To demonstrate skills and resourcefulness in communication when barriers to understanding are present, including interpreting resources.