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The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

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Job overview

Calling all Mental Health Occupational Therapists with a passion for supporting children and young people!

Are you ready to make a difference ? Redbridge Directorate is excited to invite applications for the post of Band 6 Community Occupational Therapist/Care Coordinator within our vibrant and forward-thinking Redbridge CAMHS services.

About Redbridge CAMHS:Join a diverse, dynamic, and innovative multidisciplinary team dedicated to providing top-notch care. We pride ourselves on our collaborative and compassionate approach, ensuring every team member thrives and every service user receives the best care possible.

The Role:As a Band 6 Occupational Therapist, you'll play a crucial role in our services for children and young people, particularly within the Emotional and Behavioural, Neurodevelopment, and Conduct and Behavioural pathways. providing you with a broad and enriching experience.

We are Looking For:

Enthusiastic professionals with strong clinical skills. Ability to work autonomously and as part of a collaborative team. A compassionate approach to working with children, young people, and their families. Skills in supervising junior team members 

Why Join Us?

Be part of a supportive and innovative team. Engage in meaningful work that makes a real impact on young lives. Opportunities for professional growth and development.

If you're an Occupational Therapist ready to take the next step in your career and make a lasting impact, we want to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

To be compassionate in meeting the needs of clients, their carers and families. To provide highly specialist OT advice to members of the multidisciplinary team. To use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with children and their families/carers in order to progress their treatment programmes, and to ensure an understanding of their condition/problem in order to maximise their functional potential. To attend relevant Education, Health and Care Plan meetings (EHCP) and any other relevant forums to share information. To communicate sensitive information to children and parent/carers in an empathetic way about conditions that may have significant impact on future functional abilities and quality of life. To undertake CAMHS initial assessments and risk assessments. To provide consultation to other members of the MDT internal and external to CAMHS

Working for our organisation

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High-Cost Area Supplement

This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735) pro rata for part time staff. 

Certificates of Sponsorship 

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points based system

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Come and join Redbridge CAMHS to:
• Accept a role with protected OT work.
• Undertake comprehensive OT assessments and intervention.
• Promote recovery, social inclusion, relapse prevention, holistic health, and wellbeing.
• Facilitate and provide group interventions.
• Want to make personalised care a reality.
• Promote and actively enable co-production in service delivery.
• Work as part of an integrated team ensuring regular evaluation of individual care and recovery plans.
• Undertake generic mental health assessments.
• Further develop your leadership skills.
In line with our aim to promote recovery, the successful Occupational Therapist will receive protected OT specific work; with half the
caseload consisting of dedicated OT specific work and half caseload as an OT care coordinator.
Occupational Therapy has a key role to play within the team, taking the lead on promoting a recovery focused culture and maintaining a strong
network with other statutory and non-statutory services to enable improved social inclusion outcomes for service users.
The teams operational working hours is Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm although some flexibility may be needed, and a car driver would be
desirable but not essential for the role.
The post is full time, offering excellent opportunities to develop individual professional interests.
We are a supportive team, and the post holder would have support from the leadership team ,

you would would be invited to attend the Occupational Therapy mental health network in the borough that meets regularly to provide peer support.
Quality Improvement is promoted and there are opportunities for participating and leading on service development projects.
Please refer to the attached job description for further details on this vacancy.

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Qualified /registered Occupational therapist Evidence of post-registration Training /qualification and continued CPD

Experience

Essential criteria

To have proven and significant experience of working with people with complex, acute mental health needs To have experience of assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating aspects of care. To have significant experience as a caseworker and CPA Care Co-ordinator. Experience of using MOHO and OT ADL assessments and Groups work To have significant experience working with families and carers

Desirable criteria

Experience of providing staff supervision and appraisal Experience of working within integrated services

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Understanding of government legislation and policy guidance pertaining to Mental Health Mental health act, care act, mental capacity To demonstrate knowledge and competency of the Mental Health Act 1983 related legislation and is applications To have a working knowledge of the requirements of specific OT assessment Knowledge and understanding of Adult Safeguarding policy and procedures Be knowledgeable, demonstrate competency and work within the safeguarding children framework on best practice with particular regard to the voice of the child and the London Child protection procedures

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of Redbridge locality area and ability to navigate self around the area

Skills

Essential criteria

Ability to assess, plan and implement programmes of care with Service User and Carers involvement Clinical risk assessment and management skills Ability to make complex decisions under pressure and demonstrate stress and crisis management skills Effective and well-developed interpersonal skills especially when handling conflict and change. Ability to resolve difficulties which affect working relationships and to offer support to staff, service users and carers on an ongoing daily basis Ability to set up and run groups for people experiencing mental ill health Basic IT Skill

Desirable criteria

Able to use Rio

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.