The North Stoke CAMHS Team are looking to recruit to a full-time Band 6 Occupational Therapist, fixed term for 12 months. It is an exciting time at Stoke CAMHS, we continue to strive to be more accessible to children and families and we are looking at reflecting this in the opening hours of the service, the service is moving towards an 8am to 8pm service, Monday to Friday. Therefore, the working hours will be rota based and may include 12-hour shifts. This working pattern not only provides better opportunities for children and their families but also enables practitioners to have a better work-life balance. The successful candidate will:
Main duties of the job
- Be responsible for the assessment and provision of Occupational Therapy interventions to young people with mental health needs and/or neurodevelopmental difficulties.
- Develop positive liaison and information links with all professionals working within the specialist area of child and adolescent mental health.
- Participate in the planning, development and evaluation of occupational therapy services within a designated area / team holding responsibility for a defined caseload and projects.
- To undertake assessment and therapeutic interventions applying specialist knowledge and skills relevant to young persons and parent/carer’s individual needs, utilising MOHO model of practice as evidence-based framework for OT assessment and intervention.
- To liaise with schools and contribute to EHCP in relation to identifying and meeting a young person’s needs so that they are able to engage and achieve in an educational setting.
- To lead and plan management of treatment of young people in your clinical area taking into account their emotional, cognitive, physical, psychological, sensory and social needs.
- Using a person centred and collaborative approach with the young person and their parents/carers.
- Evaluate treatment and modify as appropriate.
- To apply a high level of understanding of the effects of mental health illness has on a young person’s functioning, and provide appropriate intervention, training and advice on lifestyle changes and adaptations to the young person’s physical and social environment, working with the young person, schools and parents/carers.
As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care. We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working. We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world’s first ‘carbon net zero’ national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.
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