Mental Health Occupational Therapist

Job summary

Are you an experienced Mental Health Occupational Therapist? Do you have evidence-based experience and are looking for flexible working opportunities? Herefordshire and Worcestershire are currently providing these opportunities through an exciting placement opportunity at Worcestershire Royal Hospital.

The Trust is delighted to offer the opportunity for an experienced, enthusiastic, and highly motivated individual to join their Team. The post holder will work with Children and young people with severe to moderate mental health in a therapeutic role within a CAHMS setting.

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) are offered across Worcestershire. The age range is 0-18 years for children referred to the service with mental health problems.

Main duties of the job

Provide a high quality, community based service to the children and families within a multi-disciplinary team providing a community based child and adolescent mental health service. This is a developing service and there may be opportunities to work in different teams as the service transforms.

Ensure that each referred patient and where necessary their family receives an individual specialist assessment, risk assessment and care plan and is the subject of regular evaluation which, wherever practicable is formulated in conjunction with the patient and/or their family.

Provide a range of services and approaches as part of the Senior Practitioner role ie consultation, specialist advice, clinical supervision and support to those working with children i.e. those in primary care, health visitors, school nurses, teaching staff, residential staff, social workers, , youth service, et

Establish and maintain supportive and therapeutic relationships with children and their families referred to the local Team.

Operate in any appropriate setting including hospital, primary care facilities, residential homes, schools and units and if appropriate the childs own home.

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