Specialist Occupational Therapist

at  Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000 Please see attached Terms & Conditions.
Do you want to work in an innovative and creative environment? Do you thrive on communicating? Do you have the passion to help people improve their mental health? Do you have the courage to speak up to bring about positive change? Are you committed to making a difference? If you share our values, then we want you to join CWP’s 18-25 consultation & advice service covering the CWP trust footprint.
Our ethos is to facilitate a comprehensive solution focussed offer for young people with mental health needs across the trust. We provide a senior clinician led consultation & advice clinical model to CWP teams supporting young people aged 17 to 25. We support the existing multi-disciplinary team in formulating an understanding of the young person’s biopsychosocial needs, supporting decision making and planning, and helping to identify pathways for ongoing care. Our key focus is to support teams working with young people with high complexity and where specialist consultation & advice from the 18-25 team is indicated.
We work in partnership with the following trust care groups: Adult’s Specialist Mental Health, Children, Young People and Families, and Learning Disabilities and Neuro-developmental disorder. This means the successful candidate will gain invaluable experience supporting young people with a wide range of complex diagnostic presentations.

The successful candidate will;

• support in delivering a high quality, trust wide mental health consultation and advice model to teams that access the 18-25 service
• take a holistic and solution focussed view of young people’s needs, whilst considering their strengths and aspirations.
• support with the navigation through complex health, social care and educational systems, helping to reducing barriers to accessing services.
• Liaise with a broad range of teams across the trust and associated partners such as ICBs
• triage referrals and then utilising expertise within subsequent consultations (alongside other members of the team).
• work autonomously yet collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary framework, providing and contributing to specialist assessment, formulation and clinical support.

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care – including the provision of three GP surgeries.
Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.
We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you.
CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.
To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you grow and flourish with CWP.
We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.
Please download a copy of the job description for full details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment , which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and Behaviours which are ‘the 6 Cs’ Communication, Competence, Courage, Care, Compassion and Commitment. The supporting information section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.
An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website https://www.cwp.nhs.uk/completing-application-guidance . If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email – cwp.recruitment@nhs.net or by calling 01244 393100.
If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’
Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.
CWP is proud to be an accredited Veteran Aware organisation helping to provide and share best practice in NHS care for our armed forces community. As a veteran aware organisation, CWP is committed to delivering on the principles of the Armed Force Covenant and has a ‘Silver’ award with the MOD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS).
The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
If you experience any technical difficulties or need help when making an application please contact our Recruitment Team on 01244 393100.
Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon

Please refer the Job description for details