Senior Occupational Therapist

Job overview

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist who is looking for a flexible part time role?

Are you passionate about being able to provide interventions for young people with complex mental health issues in a flexible setting?

We are looking for a Senior Occupational Therapist to join our well-established CAMHS T4, Alternative to admission Day Hospital and Home Treatment service. Our service provides interventions for young people with complex mental health issues requiring Tier-4 level care, but who benefit from a more flexible, community-based approach.

You will be responsible for the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of Occupational Therapy care plans, and activities to support therapy plans, for young people referred to the Berkshire CAMHS Phoenix, Tier 4 alternative to admission Day Hospital and Home Treatment Service.

The service based in CAMHS Phoenix on the Wokingham Community Hospital site is a hospital at home service that provides evidence based psychiatric, nursing and therapeutic interventions for young people under the age of 18 presenting with severe and complex mental health difficulties assessed as requiring Tier 4 level care, outside of inpatient unit.

Applications for this role will be reviewed as they are received. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as vacancies may close early

Main duties of the job

The service will operate from 8am-8pm Mon-Fri; 9am-5pm Sat, Sun & Bank holiday’s (365 days per year). This post will operate over core hours Monday-Friday (to be agreed with the post holder) to meet the needs of the patient group such as:

• families are demonstrably unable to attend at different times
• As a result of multiple DNAs
• To hold multifamily therapy
• To run group specific work.

The role includes delivering care to young people both individually and in groups, on site at CAMHS Phoenix, in the young person’s home and via digital media. The post holder will be expected to work within this complex and variable setting, without direct supervision, but reporting to and in collaboration with senior colleagues, to deliver a high standard of evidence-based care and treatment in order to maximise each young person's individual potential.

This post includes working with families and / or carers in collaboration with other members of the multi-disciplinary team and also with community CAMHS, children’s social care and other Local Authority and voluntary sector colleagues. The Service is an integral part of the wider specialist CAMHs service in Berkshire and is managed alongside and closely linked to the CAMHS Specialist Community Teams including CAMHS crisis, eating disorders and early intervention in psychosis services and relevant adult mental health services

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The “must haves” for this role:

• Be a qualified Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration
• Have prior experience working with children & Young people with mental health problems
• Experience of working with a multi-disciplinary team

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to contact Georgina Poppa via email: [email protected]’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.