# Haringey Community Occupational Therapist - Band 6 > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/haringey-community-occupational-therapist-band-6/f5e83a1b-390a-4b68-9a48-fbe98fac0580 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/haringey-community-occupational-therapist-band-6/f5e83a1b-390a-4b68-9a48-fbe98fac0580.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £47,951 - £56,863 Per annum including HCAS - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-22T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-02T12:13:05.242Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/North_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Mental_Health/Community_Mental_Health-v8071354 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8071354?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking a motivated Band 6 Occupational Therapist who would enjoy working in a small friendly team dedicated to Occupational Therapy (OT) provision for Haringey Community Mental Health Services.  We encourage you to apply if you are keen to use your core OT skills,  to champion high quality and innovative OT interventions across a number of community mental health teams, and 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 Haringey.   Please apply or call for futher information, if you are interested. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will hold a case load and work as an Occupational Therapist across Haringey 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 be deputy to the Lead and will mentor the Band 5 OT, whilst working closely with the supporting clinical team 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 Band 5 OT, students and other junior staff members, 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 ## Job Details We are seeking a motivated Band 6 Occupational Therapist who would enjoy working in a small friendly team dedicated to Occupational Therapy (OT) provision for Haringey Community Mental Health Services. We encourage you to apply if you are keen to use your core OT skills, to champion high quality and innovative OT interventions across a number of community mental health teams, and 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 Haringey. Please apply or call for futher information, if you are interested. ## Job Description The post holder will hold a case load and work as an Occupational Therapist across Haringey 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 be deputy to the Lead and will mentor the Band 5 OT, whilst working closely with the supporting clinical team and offering clinical supervision to other junior staff in the MDT, including Employment Support. ## 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 Band 5 OT, students and other junior staff members, 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 ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - BSc or PGDip/MSc Occupational Therapy **Desirable** - Additional qualification in mental health ### Supervising/mentoring **Essential** - Experience of supervising/mentoring junior team members or students **Desirable** - Additional supervision training undertaken ### Experience/work history **Essential** - 1 year post-graduate experience as Band 5 OT **Desirable** - Experience of working within mental health setting ## Documents - [band 6 community ot person spec (pdf, 464.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10375436) - [band 6 community ot person spec (pdf, 536.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10375573) - [band 6 community ot job description (pdf, 720.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10375435) - [a comprehensive guide for candidates (pdf, 544.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2959) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.