Occupational Therapist

Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Job summary

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist who is passionate about providing interventions for young people with complex mental health issues in a flexible setting?

Or perhaps you have been working at band 5 and are ready for a developmental role which will support you into a band 6 post?

We are looking for an Occupational Therapist to join our well-established, Alternative to admission Day Hospital and Home Treatment service and we are open to either full or part time applicants.

Based in CAMHS Phoenix in Wokingham Community Hospital we provide evidence based psychiatric, nursing and therapeutic interventions for young people under the age of 18 presenting with severe and complex mental health difficulties assessed as requiring Tier 4 level care, outside of inpatient unit.

In this role you will be responsible for the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of Occupational Therapy care plans, and activities to support therapy plans, for young people referred to us.

As a developmental role you will be supported by a Senior Occupational Therapist to complete a set of competencies which will take around 1 year (doe) to progress in to a band 6.

Applications for this role will be reviewed as they are received. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as vacancies may close early

Main duties of the job

The service will operate from 8am-8pm Mon-Fri; 9am-5pm Sat, Sun & Bank holiday’s (365 days per year). This post will operate over core hours Monday-Friday (to be agreed with the post holder) to meet the needs of the patient group such as:

families are demonstrably unable to attend at different times

As a result of multiple DNAs

To hold multifamily therapy

To run group specific work.

The role includes delivering care to young people both individually and in groups, on site at CAMHS Phoenix, in the young person’s home and via digital media. The post holder will be expected to work within this complex and variable setting, without direct supervision, but reporting to and in collaboration with senior colleagues, to deliver a high standard of evidence-based care and treatment in order to maximise each young person’s individual potential.

This post includes working with families and / or carers in collaboration with other members of the multi-disciplinary team and also with community CAMHS, children’s social care and other Local Authority and voluntary sector colleagues. The Service is an integral part of the wider specialist CAMHs service in Berkshire and is managed alongside and closely linked to the CAMHS Specialist Community Teams including CAMHS crisis, eating disorders and early intervention in psychosis services and relevant adult mental health services

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • DiplomaordegreeinOccupationalTherapy
  • HPCRegistration
  • Goodstandardofgeneraleducation

Desirable

  • PreviousexperienceofCOTpreceptorshipprogramme
  • Furtherrelevantqualificationinthefieldof mental health

Training

Essential

  • Evidenceofcontinuousprofessionaldevelopment

PreviousExperience

Essential

  • Post-qualificationexperiencewhichmayinclude role of a supervisee for junior staff or students, and leadership experience, which may be gained if you have been working as a qualified
  • O.T.for 2yearsormore
  • Experienceofworkingwithchildrenandyoung peoplewith mental health problems
  • Experienceofworkingwithpeoplewithmental health problems
  • ExperienceofindividualandgroupworkOTintervention
  • Experienceofmulti-disciplinaryteamworking
  • Experienceofworkinginacommunitymental health service

Desirable

  • Experienceofsupervisingstaffandstudents

Knowledge,Skills&Abilities

Essential

  • Thoroughworkingknowledgeofmentalhealth problems and their management
  • KnowledgeofOTassessmentandtreatmentapproaches
  • Knowledgeofcurrentmentalhealthpolicy
  • Ability to offer a range ofgood qualityOT assessmentsandtreatmentinterventionsto individuals and groups
  • Abilitytoworkasamemberofamulti- disciplinaryteam
  • Abilitytoworkautonomouslyandsetown priorities within caseload management
  • Ability to apply patient-led principles and form non-discriminatorytherapeuticrelationshipswith the service usersand their parents/ carers
  • Abilitytotakeresponsibilityappropriatetosenior clinician role, and make decisions
  • Abilitytocontributecreativelytothe development of the service.
  • Abilitytoworkwithinachangingand progressive environment

Desirable

  • Ability to deal with emotionally demanding situations,andtoremaincalmunderpressure
  • AbilitytoreflectandcriticallyappraiseownPerformance

AdditionalRequirements

Essential

  • Abletocommittoflexibleworkingpatterns, including weekend working and shift work
  • Ability to travel independently and efficiently to deliverclinicalcarefrommultiplesitesincluding service user homes

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: 30 July 2026

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