Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Senior Occupational Therapist
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Step Into a Role Where You Can Shape the Future of Forensic Occupational Therapy
Are you an Occupational Therapist who thrives on creativity, autonomy, and meaningful clinical challenge? Do you want the opportunity to help shape and develop occupational therapy within a growing forensic community service?
This is not a traditional Band 6 role. This is an opportunity to help build and lead the occupational therapy contribution within our Forensic Outreach and Liaison Service, supporting individuals with complex mental health needs and forensic histories as they transition from secure inpatient settings into community life.
We are looking for an innovative, motivated, and compassionate Occupational Therapist who can think analytically, work creatively within a multidisciplinary team, and help develop a service that truly bridges secure care and community recovery.
Working alongside our inpatient secure unit AHP teams and the wider FOLS MDT, you will play a vital role in creating patient-focused intervention pathways that support sustainable discharge, meaningful recovery, and successful reintegration into the community.
If you are looking for a role where you can innovate, influence, and make a meaningful difference every day, we would love to hear from you.
Apply today and help shape the future of forensic occupational therapy within community services.
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This is an exciting opportunity to support individuals at a crucial stage of their recovery journey and help build a service that truly connects inpatient rehabilitation with successful community living.
This role offers a rare opportunity to work from a “blank canvas” and help shape the future direction of occupational therapy within forensic outreach services.
As a Band 6 Occupational Therapist within FOLS, you will:
- Develop and strengthen the OT contribution within FOLS
- Help design innovative and occupation-focused pathways of care
- Work collaboratively across inpatient and community services to support continuity of rehabilitation
- Support service users to build the practical, functional, and social skills needed for successful community living
- Influence MDT thinking through occupational formulation and functional assessment
- Contribute to service development, quality improvement, and innovation within forensic mental health services
This role requires someone who is comfortable working with complexity, ambiguity, and evolving service models, whilst maintaining a strong focus on compassionate, person-centred care.
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
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About Us
We are Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway and are rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our teams support children, young people and adults with a wide range of mental health needs. We also provide specialist services, including all-age eating disorder services and neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people, such as autism and ADHD.
Because we work across the whole county and across hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the people we serve.
Our vision is simple: we are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. Everything we do is guided by our values: caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
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Join us if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s working well together.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Claire Casarotto or Susan Miller
- Job title: Deputy Head of AHPs
- Email address: clairecasarotto@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01622 723100
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