Gone too Far? Assessing roles and responsibilities of Occupational Therapists Gabrielle Richards Professional Head of Occupational Therapy and Trust Social Inclusion & Recovery Lead 19th June 2017

Grade profiles in SLAM Occupational Therapists Band 5

Titles Team Leader OT Specialist Practitioner Head of Profession Community Practitioner Senior OT OT/Care Coordinator CAMHS OT Practitioner Community Occupational Therapist Head OT Clinical Specialist OT Occupational Therapist Care Coordinator

Suzie’s story: “OT by Stealth” Band 5 Occupational Therapist/ Care Co-ordinator Factors Experience Student Placement in SLAM Care Coordination information Job Description Occupational Therapy Skills What helped? Peer Support Senior OT presence Assertive

Suzie’s story: “OT by Stealth” Band 5 Occupational Therapist/ Care Co-ordinator The importance of: Role clarity Senior OT support Support of team Opportunity to work as an OT Use of OT skills Assertiveness

Do Occupational Therapists feel valued? don't know not valued somewhat valued valued  highly valued  Team, CAG, Trust Band 5: Valued in team Band 6: OT/CC - Somewhat valued in teams and CAG, valued in the Trust. OT- valued in team, CAG and highly valued in Trust. Band 7: valued in team, CAG and Trust. Band 8: valued in team, CAG and Trust in some cases highly valued in Trust.

Working Patterns The Survey: The Results: 9 - 5 Shift Extended Weekend   Yes No Sometimes Type of work OT/Generic Shift working Working in numbers Extended Hours Weekend working Other pattern (please describe) The Results:   9 - 5 Shift Extended Weekend Band 5 90% 20% 2% 10% Band 6 74% 4.3% 21% 13% Band 7 80% Band 8 100% 0% 28.5% 14%

Responsibilities Shift co-ordinator On call Medication management Taking blood Close observation Emergency team response Others…..

Retention

Average years worked in SLAM Retention rates   From Rotation Average years worked in SLAM Worked elsewhere Band 6 No: 20 20% 5.6 75% Band 7 No:11 72% 12.9 63% Band 8 No: 7 28% 18.8 71%

What keeps people working in SLAM? Location Research Trying new things Training/CPD Support/Development/Peer support Progression OTs Good OT Leadership Specialist OT roles

References Scanlon, J. N., Still, M., Stuart, K., Crocker, J. (2010) Recruitment and Retention Issues for Occupational Therapists in Mental Health: Balancing the Push and Pull. Australian Occupational Journal 57,102-110. Health Education England (2016) An Investigation to the Occupational Therapy Workforce in London, Conducted by Southbank University

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