# Senior Occupational Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist/534d0eff-6971-484e-92dc-11f4ca9ad359 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-occupational-therapist/534d0eff-6971-484e-92dc-11f4ca9ad359.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Bracknell - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Occupational Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £40,617 - £48,778 per annum (inc. of HCAS) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-21T13:20:42.262Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Berkshire/Wokingham/Berkshire_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/CAMHS_hospital_at_home_service/CAMHS_hospital_at_home_service-v8030070 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8030070?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.berkshirehealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Job Details 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 ## Responsibilities The “must haves” for this role: 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. ## Person Specification ### Training **Essential** - Evidence of continuous professional development ### Qualifications **Essential** - Diploma or degree in Occupational Therapy - HPC Registration - Good standard of general education **Desirable** - Previous experience of COT preceptorship programme - Further relevant qualification in the field of mental health ### Previous Experience **Essential** - Post-qualification experience which may include role of a supervisee for junior staff or students, and leadership experience, which may be gained if you have been working as a qualified - O.T. for  2 years or more - Experience of working with children and young people with mental health problems - Experience of working with people with mental health problems - Experience of individual and group work OT intervention - Experience of multi-disciplinary team working - Experience of working in a community mental health service **Desirable** - Experience of supervising staff and students ### Additional Requirements **Essential** - Able to commit to flexible working patterns, including weekend working and shift work - Ability to travel independently and efficiently to deliver clinical care from multiple sites including service user homes ### Knowledge, Skills & Abilities **Essential** - Thorough working knowledge of mental health problems and their management - Knowledge of OT assessment and treatment approaches - Knowledge of current mental health policy - Ability to offer a range of good quality OT assessments and treatment interventions to individuals and groups - Ability to work as a member of a multi- disciplinary team - Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities within caseload management - Ability to apply patient-led principles and form non-discriminatory therapeutic relationships with the service users and their parents/ carers - Ability to take responsibility appropriate to senior clinician role, and make decisions - Ability to contribute creatively to the development of the service. - Ability to work within a changing and progressive environment **Desirable** - Ability to deal with emotionally demanding situations, and to remain calm under pressure - Ability to reflect and critically appraise own Performance ## Documents - [working for us (pdf, 766.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10317431) - [values & behaviour framework (pdf, 454.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10317430) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 206.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10317429) ## 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.