Community Occupational Therapist

at  Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

We have a wonderful opportunity for a Band 5 Occupational Therapist to join South and West Community Mental Health Team.
You will be joining a highly skilled team of Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Therapists, Support Workers and consultants in our integrated team, working with adults with severe and enduring mental health needs.
You will be encouraged to work both agilely and from the office base . We offer regular clinical supervision, caseload management and 1-1 support.
An interest and experience in working in mental health is ideal, however the right candidate will be given support and training to gain these skills.
The Band 5 Community Occupational Therapist will provide community-based care to clients with severe and enduring mental health needs who have been referred into the integrated Community Mental Health Team. They will work as an autonomous practitioner working under supervision of senior colleagues to manage and prioritise their own caseload and will act as a Care Co-ordinator for those with Occupational Therapy needs within the Care Programme Approach. The post holder will be responsible for the assessment of Occupational Therapy needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of therapeutic interventions for a defined caseload of people with mental health and/or social care needs.
The job purpose is to manage a case load with the support and supervision of a senior occupational therapist:
Utilising the evidence base and specialist occupational knowledge and skill
Prioritising own workload and managing time effectively
Contributing to team and service development
Being involved in supporting students and assistants with their development and learning
Adopting working hours in accordance with the team requirements
Closing Date: 7th July 2024
Shortlisting Date: 9th July 2024
Interview Date: TBC

EVERYTHING WE DO IS UNDERPINNED BY OUR CORE VALUES: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference
We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
Increase mileage rates for > 3500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
Please read the attached Job description and person specification for further details about this role

Please refer the Job description for details