Supporting large caseload of people managing difficulties with their mental health whilst at work hoping to remain in work and manage their mental health

Roles include working as an Occupational Therapist at Job Centre Plus in Worthing supporting work coaches to understand mental health conditions and the impact of these on working age adults and how they can be supported back to a suitable role in the workplace whilst managing and or living with their condition.Mental Health Liaison Practitioner - Chichester. Supporting mentally unwell patients referred to the service from GP's, families or others

Emergency Floor, Rapid Discharge,

Health Professional (HP). (Occupational Therapist) (OT). Conducting: Mental State Examinations (MSE's), Musculoskeletal Overviews (MSO's) where necessary and functional medical assessments on those with physical, psychological, cognitive, neurological and sensory impairments assessing the impact of these impairments on daily life as a impartial assessor on behalf of the DWP.

In this setting I was an Occupational Therapist across six wards, male, high dependency, female, high dependency, acute, male-only service, female, Low Secure, female, personality disorders. My duties and responsibilities here included:Providing 25 - 30 hours meaningful activity this role drew on the skills of an occupational therapist in setting goals and providing activity and skills based groups to patients in groups and on a one-to-one basis. To that end and with these goals patients with us increased their knowledge and skills, widened their interest in healthy leisure options and increased their confidence and readiness for life post discharge in to the community. Leading Groups and working on a one-to-one basis. These activities and interventions included but were not limited to:- Initial assessments including the MOHOST and other home-grown assessments and an interest checklist- Discharge planning- Independence in activities of daily learning (ADLs)- Socio-emotional skills- Life skills- Job readiness - several of our patients worked on a voluntary basis in the local community- Computer Skills to gain education or paid or voluntary work- Therapeutic cooking- Money management and budgeting skills- Therapeutic leisure activities such as sports and fitness and arts based groups- Nutrition- Meditation and Mindfulness- Independent living- Music therapy- Art therapy- Psychosocial Education- Managing boundaries and assertivenessDuties and responsibilities included writing daily OT notes using the Care notes system, risk assessments, writing Care Plans, contributing to and representing patients at CPA meetings orally and within a report from an OT perspective, attending Tribunals, managers meetings, liaising with patient families, working as part of an MDT consisting of social workers, consultant psychiatrists, RMN's and RGN's, psychologists, GP's and their counterparts in the community including Adult Social Care in preparation for discharge.

Supporting Year 4 medical students to find and complete their medical electives abroad, manage their coursework and final research projects

Operations Manager for 35 summer schools in the UK and Ireland - opening and closing centres, contracting, training and staffing (350 staff each summer) responsibility for 10,000 international children attending boarding schools and universities to learn English formally and enjoy sports, activities and day trips away for periods of 3 weeks for each child over a 10 week summer period yearly. Closing down centres. Managing budgets (£3,000,000) annually and starting preparation for following yearTraining and Managing staff to lead educational trips throughout Europe for North American high school students and their teachers.