Occupational Therapist Band 5

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. To undertake occupational therapy assessments for all young people who are under the care of The St Aubyn Centre, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits, enabling them in areas of self maintenance, productivity and leisure.
2. To work with clients to identify therapeutic goals, as part of their overall multidisciplinary care plan.
3. To plan and implement individual and/or group interventions, in collaboration with the service users and other professional colleagues using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.
4. To monitor and evaluate treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of the intervention and to ensure outcome measures are recorded at the appropriate time intervals.
5. To provide community outreach to young people admitted to the unit if and when required e.g. in a young persons home or in the community in a variety of settings in liaison with other professionals/teams.
6. To undertake risk assessment and risk management for young people attending the unit ensuring the MDT is aware of risk plan.
7. To organise and facilitate individual/group outings/activities locally encouraging young people to participate in community activities.
8. To act as a key worker for client caseload
9. To participate in clinical projects/teaching across CAMHS and on behalf of CAMHS services.

Person Specification

Registration

Essential

• Registration

Desirable

• Registration
• Experience

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge

Desirable

• Knowledge

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Aubyn Centre

2 Boxted Road

Colchester

CO45HG

Employer's website

https://eput.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)