Band 4 Technical Instructor – Education and Volunteer

Band 4 Technical Instructor – Education and Volunteer Band 4

Main area Secure care Grade Band 4 Contract 18 months (Fixed Term) Hours Full time - 37 hours per week (9-5 some flexibility) Job  

Site FIRST - Main House Town Northfield Birmingham Salary £28,392 - £31,157 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 16/09/2026 23:59 Interview date 29/09/2026

Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

This is a unique opportunity to lead on an 18 month pilot that aims to engage and promote access to education and volunteering opportunities for this under the care of FIRST.

Not all of our service users are work ready on leaving secure care, opportunities are challenging due to their functional capabilities and general inequalities.

This post requires someone with high level negotiation and interpersonal skills with a insight of the challenges faced by people in secure care, and their journey into the community.

You will need to have experience of managing challenging behaviours, compassionate and client centred.

You will also need to have experience of working proactively in recovery focussed practices and be able to adapt according to individual needs.

You will be working across 6 regional teams and need to be able to travel independently to support clients and form networks of services.

Under the guidance of the Lead Occupational Therapist your role will be hold and manage a caseload of service users either in transition from a secure service or living in the community under the care of the forensic community team FIRST.

As part of their continued recovery, you will offer advice, opportunity and support the service user access to educational courses, volunteer opportunities. This will involve liaison with the services, risk assessment, and use of public transport to assist travel training.

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

We are unable to support applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work the United Kingdom (UK)

• Experience of working with external partners and agencies
• Experience of working with complex clients whose needs may require interpretation due to LDA needs
• Can demonstrate an understanding of the role of Occupational Therapy
• Can recognise the signs of distress, mental illness symptoms and act in accordance with the risk management plans and community emergency procedures.
• Experience of employment services
• Experience of managing data sharing with other agencies
• Experience/qualification related…