Occupational Therapy Assistant

2 months ago

Melbourne, Australia Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health Full time

Location: Melbourne

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: 15739
- Full time / Part-time ongoing roles.
- Based at Thomas Embling Hospital, Fairfield
- A culture where people care
- Investment in a career for life
- Diverse and supportive environments

**Job location**

Forensicare is the statutory agency responsible for the provision of adult forensic mental health services across Victoria.

Forensicare is situated across five sites across Victoria with its largest site being Thomas Embling Hospital,?located in Fairfield?just 15 minutes north of the Melbourne city centre.?Thomas Embling Hospital is a 136-bed secure hospital providing acute care, rehabilitation and continuing care programs. It includes a dedicated women's unit.

**About the Role**:
The Occupational Therapy Assistants will work directly with the support of the Occupational Therapists and the broader multidisciplinary team to promote, facilitate and enhance opportunities for patients to participate in meaningful, productive and fulfilling individual and group-based activities, occupations and programs.

**Duties**:

- Facilitate individual intervention sessions in line with OT goals and document observations and consumer feedback to reflect the experiences of same.
- Facilitation of activity based group interventions, and support of other programs being facilitated
- Maintain group attendance records and conduct group evaluations
- Complete allocated tasks to support service preparation and delivery, including audits, resource development and proposals
- Work individually and in small groups with consumers to promote activity, engagement and create a sense of meaningful time use
- Contribute to the enrichment of the therapeutic milieu of the hospital campus through promoting social connection and places of belonging

**About You**:

- Experience in supporting delivery of group and individual interventions
- Creative solution focused person
- Passionate about the benefits of activity, engagement and social connection on health and wellbeing
- Confident with time management and prioritisation of tasks
- Consumer focused in all aspects of care planning and provision

**What you need**:

- Hold a Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance or be in the final year of an accredited undergraduate allied health course.

**A culture where people matter.**
- Excellent supervision and investment in the skill development of managers and supervisors.
- Celebration and reward for good performance, through employee recognition.
- A leading, multi-faceted approach to safety, with unparalleled strategic, practical, individualised and team-based supports to minimise risks and fear and maximise safety and security, underpinned by our workplace health and safety strategy.
- Access to an employee assistance program - an external, confidential, self-referral employee wellbeing program, for personal or work-related matters.
- A mental health and wellbeing program providing psychological support, peer support and critical incidence response programs, as needed.

**COVID19 & Influenza Vaccination Evidence**

Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses for COVID-19.

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