About this role
Job summary
Are you passionate about supporting the mental health and wellbeing of young people and their families?
We are seeking an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist with experience, or placement experience, in mental health or working with young people and families.
You will have strong communication and engagement skills and be committed to supporting young people with complex mental health needs.
This exciting role is within the CAMHS Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team and forms part of the Occupational Therapy Risk Pathway across inpatient and community services.
Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will provide occupational therapy assessments and interventions to young people experiencing mental health crises.
You will support recovery by building strengths, developing coping strategies, improving daily functioning, and promoting engagement in meaningful activities.
The post offers excellent opportunities for clinical development, CPD, supervision, reflective practice, and quality improvement work. Flexible working will be supported where possible.
A UK driving licence and access to a car during working hours are essential.
For further information, please contact Cara Maddison ([email protected], 07881261049), Ellisa Fisher ([email protected]) or Christine Asumang ([email protected]).
Main duties of the job
Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)
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 uses 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, which covers across Crisis, Intensive community support team and inpatient unit.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 Us
Leicestershire 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 supporting 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 description Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
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Experience Essential
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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.
Employer details Employer name Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Address The Valentine Centre
Gorse Hill Hospital, Anstey Lane
Leicester
Leicestershire
LE7 7GX
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)