CAAAS Occupational Therapist

NHS; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Part time

Job summary

A health care provider in Gloucestershire is seeking a part-time CAAAS Occupational Therapist to support children with autism and ADHD. The role includes conducting assessments, creating personalized plans, and working with a multidisciplinary team. Ideal candidates will possess a relevant healthcare qualification and experience in mental health interventions. Competitive salary and opportunities for professional development offered.

Benefits

Access to salary sacrifice schemes

Employee discounts

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Significant clinical experience in mental health or related services.
• Experience in specialist care planning and case management.
• Evidence of formal post-registration learning required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct functional assessments and create personalized plans.
• Co-facilitate group support for families.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Clinical interventions

Evidence based practice

Assessment skills

Team collaboration

Education

Professional Health or Social Care qualification

Post graduate training in CAMHS

Job description

Overview

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust – CAAAS Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 13 October 2025

This post is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part time for 22.5 hours a week.

We are looking for an experienced Band 6 to join the Children's Autism and ADHD Assessment Service (CAAAS).

CAAAS is a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Specialist Nurses, Clinical Psychologists, Paediatricians, Psychiatrists and Administrators which offers assessments for Autism and ADHD for children in Gloucestershire.

The service opened in September 2022 and has been coproduced with families and developed in line with the NHS 10 year plan. As a new service we continue to develop and explore how best to offer a high quality evidence based service, while addressing significant demand and long wait times.

When the service was developed, Occupational Therapy was identified as important to support understanding of the sensory world of neurodiverse young people, alongside supporting activities of daily living and understanding motor skill differences. This role was developed to offer some limited post diagnostic support to families around these areas.

We are therefore looking for an enthusiastic, knowledgeable and thoughtful team member who can help us continue to offer key Occupational Therapy support to families who need it most.

Main duties of the job

The role is supported and supervised by our Band 7 Occupational Therapist.

• Working with the Band 7 OT to complete functional assessments, create personalised plans for families and support them to implement these
• Complete sensory based pieces of work, using the sensory rooms at Evergreen House or Acorn House
• Complete Movement ABC assessments as part of DCD assessment
• Co-facilitate group based support for families
• Support as part of the assessment team for children with clear needs
• Work closely with the MDT to support the understanding of the development of functional skills and sensory differences

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Job responsibilities

What we can offer you:

• Opportunities to develop your clinical skills through training, profession specific support and development supervision and personal coaching initiatives
• The opportunity to develop specialist knowledge, experience and skills with an innovative, motivated and skilled team
• The challenge of complex and varied work through a manageable caseload
• A variety of competitive employee benefits including access to a range of salary sacrifice schemes and discounts

The successful applicant must have the necessary professional qualification.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

We aim to recruit and retain the best possible staff who, through the application of their skills, qualification and experience, will make a positive contribution to our business of providing quality health care services. It is the Trusts view that the costs associated with moving house in order to take up a post with us should not restrict our ability to recruit the excellent people we need; therefore, we support staff to relocate with our relocation policy.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship as per the Governments UK VISA and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information please visit https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

Person Specification

Experience

• Significant clinical experience of delivering evidence based/best practice clinical interventions within CAMHS or related services and/or adult mental health settings.
• Experience of undertaking specialist Self Harm assessments of children and young people
• Significant clinical experience of specialist care planning & case management/care coordination (including complex clinical risk assessment & management) within a mental health or learning disability setting
• Experience of providing clinical supervision

Qualifications

• Professional Health or Social Care qualification: RNLD, RMHN, OT, MHSW
• Evidence of formal post registration learning
• Post graduate training within a relevant CAMHS field or skill
• Profession specific additional qualifications (i.e LD, nurse prescriber, DBT, CBT, AMHP, family therapy or systemic practice)

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.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearPer annum pro rata