Camden Community Occupational Therapist - Band 6

Job overview

We are seeking a motivated and passionate Band 6 Occupational Therapist to work in a dedicated mental health community team in a diverse, creative and connected London Borough.  We encourage you to apply if you are keen to use your core OT skills,  to champion high quality and innovative OT interventions working with adults in the community.  The role will cover the  community mental health team and assertive outreach and will be an opportunity to shape the service, to  develop leadership skills within the service and across the Trust through training, individual and peer supervision opportunities. This role offers the chance to work creatively, offering strengths-focused individual and group interventions that empower and bring lasting change for our clients, in their homes and the local vibrant community of Camden   Please apply or call for further information, if you are interested.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will hold a case load and work as an Occupational Therapist in adult community mental health services, to provide assessment, plan and implement interventions, evaluate treatment and ensure safe discharge.  They will offer time limited interventions with clear goals, using a recovery-focused approach that enhances daily living skills and supports engagement in meaningful and purposeful activities, for service users across the community.   The occupational therapist will work closely with the multidiciplinary including voluntary sector staff developing a collaborative service offer and offering clinical supervision to other junior staff in the MDT, including Employment Support.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of service users in the community and be key clinician for the service
• Deliver occupational therapy assessments and interventions including groups and individual
• Support people to develop daily living skills, independence, and meaningful activity
• Supervise, students and other junior staff members including employment support offering support from an OT perspective
• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams and external agencies
• Contribute to recovery-focused care planning and safe discharge
• Engage in community-based and home visit work
• Be an active member of the community occupational therapy team within the borough and across the care group
• Act as deputy to team lead when required, taking on some management tasks and attendance at senior clinical and network meetings