Senior Occupational Therapist

at  Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Are you an experience Occupational Therapist with a passion for supporting young people and their families?
Are you looking for a varied role within a flexible, supportive team who consistently rate their job satisfaction highly?
We are looking for a Senior Occupational Therapist to join our very well-established All Age Eating Disorders Service. We have a full time vacancy in our Children’s Team but as we are an all age service there is potential to work across both Adults and Children.
You will be responsible for the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of care plans, and activities to support young people referred to the Berkshire CYP Eating Disorders Service.
Our service, covers Berkshire with two community clinics which are community out-patient services that provide evidence-based assessment and treatment for young people under the age of 18 presenting with an eating disorder, including where these disorders are co-morbid with neurodevelopmental diagnoses.
The working pattern for this role is Monday to Friday, 9:00am – 17:00pm.
The role includes delivering care to young people both individually and in groups, on site or via digital media. You will be expected to work with this complex patient group 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 multidisciplinary 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.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. Hear what our people say about working for our CAMHS service: https://bit.ly/CAMHS ]
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer. We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.

Be a qualified Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration
Previous experience working with children / young people with mental health problems
Experience of individual and group work OT
intervention
Previous experience in a community role with the willingness and ability to operate from different sites
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to contact Emma Regan via email: emma.regan@berkshire.nhs.uk who will be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required