Occupational Therapist

Job overview

Are you an enthusiastic and motivated Occupational Therapist looking to develop your career within Adult Community Mental Health? We are seeking a Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join our friendly, supportive and experienced multidisciplinary team working across the C & E Centre and The Gables.

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a community-based mental health service, supporting adults with a range of mental health needs to maximise their independence, recovery and quality of life. You will be supported by experienced Occupational Therapists and the wider multidisciplinary team, with access to regular supervision, training and professional development opportunities.

Main duties of the job

• To provide occupational therapy assessments and interventions for adults with mental health needs within community settings.
• To manage and prioritise a caseload, supporting service users to achieve their recovery goals and maximise independence.
• To work closely with service users, carers and the multidisciplinary team to develop and review care plans.
• To deliver evidence-based interventions that promote meaningful occupation, wellbeing and social inclusion.
• To maintain accurate clinical records and contribute to risk assessment and management.
• To participate in regular supervision, training and service development activities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To assess service users referred for therapeutic intervention.
• To utilise specialist assessments when presented with complex cases with the support of Senior Occupational Therapist.
• To make decisions on the level of treatment intervention required.
• To undertake treatment planning, communicating and negotiating treatment plans and clinical reasoning for intervention with service users and their carers, taking into account appropriate safety planning.
• To communicate agreed treatment/care plans to the service user, multi- disciplinary team colleagues and partnership agencies and liaise with them at formal and informal meetings.
• Please refer to JD for further information.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.