Perinatal Occupational Therapist Care Coordinator

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 39,959 to 48,117 £ / Year

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Occupational Therapist Care Coordinator – Community Perinatal Mental Health Team

Full time – 37.5 hours

Permanent post

Specialist Mother & Baby Mental Health Service (SMABS) is a community perinatal mental health service commissioned with the Bradford District Care Foundation Trust (BDCFT). We cover the catchment area of Bradford, Airedale and Craven there are approximately 8,000 live births per year. The main maternity hospital sites being Bradford (6,000 births) and Airedale (2,000 births).

We are currently looking to recruit an experienced and highly motivated and enthusiastic mental health professional/practitioner to join our team with a specialist interest in improving care for women & their families in the area. Experience of working in the Perinatal Mental Health field is desirable; a keen interest in this specialist area is essential.

Closing- 9th August 2026

Shortlisting- 12th August 2026

Interview- TBC

Main duties of the job

To be part of SMABS team and provide specialist assessment, formulation and evidence-based interventions to women experiencing perinatal mental health ill health across Bradford & Airedale & Craven, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.o To work within the specialist multi disciplinary team and network and contribute to all elements of service delivery.o Assess the impact of a parent’s mental ill-health on baby and older siblings within the individual household, notifying relevant agencies of concerns if appropriate.o To work in a sensitive and attuned way with women, infants, partners and wider families that enable containment during highly emotive transition period in parental lives; to delicately balance the needs and wellbeing of the women whilst simultaneouslyensuring infant health, wellbeing and safety is paramount and centred in all care delivery.o Work in a recovery and inclusive way to support women, infants, and families to achieve good mental health outcomes within the perinatal period.o To create robust risk management plans in line with the organisational and local policy/guidelines and CPA framework.o The Perinatal community mental health clinician/care co-ordinator will attend, participate and in some cases lead clinical/patient related meetings such as professionals meetings, CPA, and MDT.o To support the supervision of the MDT.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional Qualification (Occupational Therapist) to degree level or equivalent.
  • 2 years minumum experience post qualification.
  • Previous experience in a relevant Adult Mental Health Service community setting
  • Maintains current registration with the HCPC

Desirable

  • Psychological Therapy Qualification in a relevant modality.
  • Supervision qualification

Expereince

Essential

  • Can demonstrate skills in assessing and managing people experiencing mental health problems
  • Can demonstrate skills in assessing and managing risk in a variety of settings.
  • Working within an integrated multi-disciplinary environment and co-working with other teams and professions within team meetings, case conferences and professional meetings

Desirable

  • Experience of working with Peri Natal Mental Health Problems, substance misuse and/or emotional dysregulation

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 9 August 2026

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