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Senior Mental Health Occupational Therapist
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Senior Occupational Therapist - Central Youth Service
We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Senior Occupational Therapist to join our Central Youth Service, supporting children and young people with complex mental health needs.
Ideal Candidate Qualities
The ideal candidate will have a strong desire to support young people to reach their goals and be able to demonstrate the following qualities required for the role:
- Experience
- Passion
- Resilience
- Empathy
- Great communication skills
- Ability to be flexible and manage risk
Role Responsibilities
The postholder will lead on the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based occupational therapy, embedding occupational therapy principles and the recovery-focused model within multidisciplinary practice. Working collaboratively with young people, families, carers and partner agencies, you will undertake specialist occupational assessments, develop occupation-based formulations, and deliver tailored interventions that promote participation, independence, emotional wellbeing and positive life outcomes.
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As a senior member of the team, you will contribute to multidisciplinary assessment, risk management and care planning, providing expert occupational therapy advice for complex cases. You will utilise standardised and non-standardised assessments, outcome measures and occupation-focused interventions to support young people in achieving their goals across home, education, social and community environments. The role will involve leading on service development initiatives, quality improvement projects and the promotion of evidence-based practice, while ensuring that the voice of the young person and principles of co-production remain central to care delivery.
Team Environment
Within the Youth Team we pride ourselves on the care we give to both our service users and each other. You will find a positive and supportive environment with a strong team ethic. Our goals are to provide great care with great outcomes where we challenge ourselves to grow both individually as clinicians and collectively as a team, so that we can better meet the needs of the young people.
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Benefits of Working for NSFT
On a wider scale there are many other benefits to working for NSFT as an organisation, some of which are:
- NHS pension
- A comprehensive in-house & external training programmes
- Career progression
- Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- Staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Ruth Flowerdew
- Job title: Community Team Manager
- Email address: ruth.flowerdew@nsft.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01603 974683
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