Working For Us

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to join our team within Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.

This full time Band 6 post will be based within our Low Secure Services in purpose-built facilities in Hafan y Coed at the University Hospital Llandough. The work is exclusively with Mentally Disordered Offenders.

You will be working within a dedicated and well-established team of Occupational Therapists and Technicians within a collaborative multidisciplinary team. The post will include work both in inpatient settings and with community based service users within the Forensic Community Multi-disciplinary service.

The Occupational Therapy team use the Model of Human Occupation (MoHO) as a framework for practice informed by a wide array of MoHO assessments. The focus of the team is collaborative, solution focused approaches to recovery and skill development with our service users.

The role is suited to Occupational Therapists with a knowledge of serious mental disorder and recovery. Awareness of working with Mentally Disordered Offenders would also be beneficial.

The Occupational Therapy service within Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is committed to the development of its workforce and will actively support the post holder to develop into the full scope of the role. This post is based within mental health services and will benefit from joining an experienced group of staff with a strong professional network across mental health services.  

Regular supervision is provided, senior staff meet regularly as a leadership team and we have regular professional forums to support Occupational Therapy practice across the service.

We are looking for someone who shares our values that:

• • • We care about the people we serve and the people we work with
    • We trust one another
    • We respect each other
    • We take personal responsibility
    • We treat people with kindness
    • We act with integrity

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Closing Date:   7 March 2021

Applications from job seekers who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, non-EEA candidates may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is available to take up the post as the employing body is unlikely, in these circumstances, to satisfy the resident labour market test. UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) requires employers to complete this test to show that no suitably qualified EEA or EU worker can fill the post. For further information please visit the UKVI website.