Community Mental Health Occupational Therapist

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Community Mental Health Occupational Therapist to join their integrated Mental Health Team in Lewisham. This permanent, full-time position involves delivering recovery-focused interventions and requires a registered occupational therapist with significant clinical experience. The role offers a salary of £42,471 to £50,374 per annum and opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Commitment to student supervision.
• Open to new ideas and general issues related to service user involvement.
• Commitment to lifelong learning.

Responsibilities

• Deliver recovery-focused OT interventions to mental health service users.
• Work collaboratively with a team to provide effective care.
• Conduct assessments and formulating MDT (Multi-Disciplinary Team) care plans.

Skills

Clinical experience

Supervising junior staff

Working with mental health service users

Risk assessment knowledge

Mental Health disorders understanding

Team dynamics understanding

Education

Registered Occupational Therapist

Post-graduate training relevant to Mental Health

Job description

Community Mental Health Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 10 November 2025

We are seeking to appoint a skilled and enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to be part of a new integrated Mental Health Team in Lewisham.

Main duties of the job

You will be amongst a Lewisham wide team of Occupational Therapists and together will be responsible for the delivery of a recovery focused OT interventions which addresses the needs of patients accessing mental health services, within a stepped care model.

The role could includes professional development and integration to the neighbourhood team which includes case work, MDT formulation and assessment.

About us

You will be based between Waldron Community Health Centre, Amersham Vale, Deptford, London, SE14 9LD and Southbrook road although new premises are being sought better suited to neighbourhood working.

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer.

Job responsibilities

About the location:

You will be based at Waldron Community Health Centre, Amersham Vale, Deptford, London, SE14 9LD, or at Southbrook road where the neighbourhood 4 team also have their base.

About the team

This is an exciting development in Mental Health Service provision in Lewisham and an opportunity to work across the borough promoting the group programme and occupationally focussed interventions. The service aims to provide proactive, strength-based care for service users experiencing mental health problems in a primary care setting using a stepped care model.

The Mental Health Teams provide care and support to service users who require a level of care above that available through general medical services and also secondary care mental health intervention.

The Primary Mental Health role incorporates interventions around social prescribing and care navigation, drawing on the expertise of third sector partner providers. In addition to Occupational Therapy, the team comprises housing and welfare support, peers support, nurses, social workers, consultant psychiatrist.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Occupational Therapist;
• Post-graduate training relevant to Mental Health

Experience

• Significant clinical experience including individual and group work
• Experience of advising and supporting /supervising junior staff and students
• Working with mental health service users (pre or post qualification)

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the principles of risk assessment and risk management
• High level understanding of Mental Health disorders and treatment models
• Applied knowledge of legislation relevant to Mental Health and Specialist practice where appropriate
• Applied knowledge of the principles of CPA (Care Programme Approach)
• Specialist knowledge and application of OT assessments and interventions and outcome measures, relevant to client group
• A sound understanding the dynamics of a team and have the ability to work effectively within that

Other

• Commitment to student supervision
• Commitment to lifelong learning
• Open to new ideas and awareness of general issues that might have relevance to service users involvement

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.

Address

Waldron Community Health Centre, Amersham Vale, Deptford, London, SE14 9LD

£42,471 to £50,374 a year per annum incl. HCAs

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

334-CLI-7425606

Job locations

Waldron Community Health Centre, Amersham Vale, Deptford, London, SE14 9LD