The post will be part of the Community Forensic Learning Disability Service based in Leyland. The CFLDS is a multidisciplinary team consisting of Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, Psychology, Speech and Language Therapy, and Support Workers.
You will be expected to work across Lancashire and South Cumbria, liaising with local Learning Disability, Mental Health, and Autism services to develop proactive and preventative risk mitigation support.
Responsibilities include providing high-quality consultation, specialist assessment, and intervention to develop effective clinical services for people with challenging behaviors, especially those at risk of hospital admission, placement breakdown, or criminal justice intervention.
The Highly Specialist Occupational Therapy role involves clinical and strategic leadership within CFLDS, offering supervision, support, and governance to OT colleagues and contributing to the senior leadership team. You will provide leadership and specialized expertise in Occupational Therapy, focusing on rehabilitation and recovery through meaningful, evidence-based occupation.
You will contribute to service development within CFLDS and externally to enhance services for the referred client group.
The postholder will undertake wider CFLDS duties, including urgent assessments, risk assessments, chairing meetings, and team responder roles. Participation in on-call arrangements may be required as part of business continuity plans.
You must be willing to travel across Lancashire and South Cumbria, working with partner agencies including health, social care, and Criminal Justice. The primary working hours are 9-5, Monday to Friday.
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical and mental health services in the North West, serving over 1.4 million people and covering services across the North West, North Wales, and the Midlands.
We offer inpatient and community services supporting physical and mental health, including specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction, and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK with high secure mental health facilities.
Our core commitment is to 'perfect care'—safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable, and efficient. We support staff development and work collaboratively with service users, families, and carers to co-design future services. We are currently implementing organizational and service transformation to improve quality and reduce costs safely.
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