Senior Occupational Therapist - Mental Health

Home Group; Newcastle; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

34 days leave

Pension contributions

Health cash plan

Training & development

Job summary

Home Group is seeking a Senior Occupational Therapist to support customers with complex needs, helping them grow independence and confidence. You’ll assess, plan, and deliver person-centred interventions, working with a multidisciplinary team across services, including supported accommodation, to drive safe, effective outcomes.

You will lead on service improvements, maintain strong professional standards, and collaborate with nurses and behavioural specialists to ensure high-quality care.

Qualifications

• HCPC registered Occupational Therapist with experience working with complex needs such as learning disabilities, autism, or mental health conditions.
• Ability to carry out thorough assessments and develop evidence-based interventions, translating clinical expertise into real-life outcomes.
• Person-centred and strengths-based approach, focusing on customer goals and independence.
• Confidence in risk assessment and management, balancing safety with autonomy.
• Excellent communication skills with customers, families, carers and colleagues across disciplines.
• Curious and forward-thinking mindset to improve practice and share knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Carry out in-depth assessments and interventions to help customers build skills and independence.
• Provide clinical guidance to colleagues to support safe, effective day-to-day care.
• Design and deliver personalised interventions, including positive behaviour support plans.
• Collaborate with professionals such as nurses and other OT colleagues as part of a joined-up team.
• Balance your caseload across services, including Ofsted-registered supported accommodation.
• Lead service improvements and contribute to practice development.

Skills

HCPC registered

Experience with complex needs

Assessment & intervention planning

Person-centred approach

Risk assessment & management

Excellent communication

Job description

Home, a place where you belong As a Senior Occupational Therapist in our clinical team, you'll play a big part in helping people with complex needs live more independent, fulfilling lives. This isn't about quick fixes or tick-box care. It's about supporting people to grow their confidence, skills, and independence in ways that really matter to them. You'll be joining a team that blends health, housing and care to create long-term change, and you'll see the difference your work makes every single day.

What you'll do

• Carry out in-depth assessments and interventions, drawing on your expertise to create practical plans that help customers build skills and independence.
• Provide clinical guidance and advice to colleagues, helping support teams feel confident in delivering safe and effective day-to-day care.
• Design and deliver personalised interventions, including positive behaviour support plans, always keeping the customer's goals, strengths and voice at the centre.
• Collaborate closely with other professionals including nurses, behavioural specialists and fellow occupational therapists, working as one joined-up team.
• Balance your own caseload across different services, from Ofsted-registered supported accommodation to other settings across the region.
• Lead service improvements and contribute to practice development, making sure our model of care stays safe, innovative and truly customer focused.

Why join us

This is more than a job - it's a place where you feel valued. With our learning and development offer, and support from friendly colleagues, you'll make a real difference every day! If you're ready to leave behind the ordinary, do something that really matters. Be part of one of the UK's Great Places to Work! We can't offer a CoS for this role.

You have

• Professional registration as an HCPC Occupational Therapist, with strong experience working alongside people with complex needs such as learning disabilities, autism, or mental health conditions.
• The ability to carry out thorough assessments and develop evidence-based interventions, translating clinical expertise into real-life outcomes for customers.
• Person-centred and strengths-based approach, seeing beyond difficulties to help people recognise their skills, goals and potential.
• Confidence in risk assessment and management, with the skill to balance safety while promoting independence and positive risk-taking.
• Excellent communication skills, working with empathy and clarity to build trust with customers, families, carers and colleagues across disciplines.
• A curious and forward-thinking mindset, always seeking to improve practice, share knowledge and champion high-quality occupational therapy.

Stronger together

We do our best work when we're themselves. That's why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help make Home Group a great place to work!

The Practical bits

• Working Monday to Friday, between 9am to 5pm, 37.5 hpw
• Based in Newcastle's Homelessness Supported Accommodation Services 4 days a 1 day at home
• You need an Enhanced with barring list DBS check (we pay)
• Working with our customers with complex needs including homelessness, mental health, addictions and offending behaviours
• To get from A to B, you'll need a vehicle insured for business purposes. The great news is that we'll pay your mileage

What's in it for you?

• 34 days leave, prorated (including bank holidays and a "me day")
• Paid time off for volunteering
• Matching Pension contributions (up to 7%, with life assurance of 3x Basic Salary)
• Save up to £1140 yearly with our health cash plan, covering dental, optical, and therapies
• Career path with development and an excellent training package
• Excellent benefits and rewards including supermarket discounts and travel expenses

Finally

For reasonable adjustments email [e-mail].