Band 5 Occupational Therapist

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust; Leicester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in Leicester is seeking an innovative Occupational Therapist for an 8-month secondment within the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team. The role focuses on enhancing the mental health and wellbeing of young people and their families. Candidates should have relevant experience in mental health and excellent communication skills. A UK driving licence and access to a car during working hours are required. Apply now to join this dynamic and supportive team.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in mental health or young people and families.
• UK driving licence and access to a car during working hours.

Responsibilities

• Provide occupational assessment and intervention for young people.
• Liaise with other professionals to facilitate discharge planning.
• Work in a multi-disciplinary team during mental health crises.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Strong engagement and motivational skills

Flexible working with complex needs

Education

Relevant occupational therapy qualification

Job description

Are you passionate about supporting the Mental Health and wellbeing of young people and their families?

We are looking to recruit an passionate and innovative Occupational Therapist who and has previous experience of working or practice placements in mental health or young people and families.

You will have excellent communication skills, strong engagement and motivational skills and be flexible in working with service users with complex mental health needs, their families and support systems.

This post is a 8 month secondment/fixed term post offering an exciting opportunity for an Occupational Therapist to work within the Crisis resolution and home treatment team.

This post forms part of our Occupational Therapy Risk Pathway in CAMHS, which is made up of Occupational Therapists working in our inpatient and intensive community support team.

In the Crisis Team you will be working as part of a dynamic and supportive Multi-Disciplinary Team comprising of Nursing staff, Social Workers, Clinical Psychology, Consultant Psychiatry, and a Speciality Doctor. Within this role, you will work closely with young people and their families during periods of mental health crisis, providing timely and person-centred occupational therapy input to support stabilisation and recovery.

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Main duties of the job

• To provide occupational assessment, intervention, and review for a caseload of young people while maintaining delivery of the highest standard of care consistently and safely.
• To ensure that case management utilises evidence based, client centred, recovery, health promotion and relapse prevention orientated principles and practice.
• To improve the day to day lives of young people and enable them to avoid future health inequities.
• To liaise with outpatient Occupational Therapists and other professionals where appropriate to facilitate discharge planning and further referrals.
• To offer professional advice and support to other agencies and members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• To feed into wider CRHT (CRISIS Home Treatment) care planning and formulation.
• To work with and liaise with our other Occupational Therapist who support in delivering the Occupational Therapy Risk pathway, that covers across Crisis, Intensive community support team and inpatient unit.

Please note this role requires a UK driving licence and access to a car during working hours. For more details, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

About us

We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.About UsLeicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Please review the attached job description and person specification. This document outlines the full range of criteria that are required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.