Overview
We are looking for a Senior Occupational Therapist to join our well‑established CAMHS T4, Alternative to admission Day Hospital and Home Treatment service. Our service provides interventions for young people with complex mental health issues requiring Tier‑4 level care, but who benefit from a more flexible, community‑based approach. The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of Occupational Therapy care plans, and activities to support therapy plans, for young people referred to the Berkshire CAMHS Phoenix, Tier 4 alternative to admission Day Hospital and Home Treatment Service. The service based in CAMHS Phoenix on the Wokingham Community Hospital site is a hospital at home service that provides evidence based psychiatric, nursing and therapeutic interventions for young people under the age of 18 presenting with severe and complex mental health difficulties assessed as requiring Tier 4 level care, outside of inpatient unit. The service will operate from 8am–8pm Mon‑Fri; 9am–5pm Sat, Sun & Bank holidays (365 days per year). This post will operate over core hours Monday‑Friday (to be agreed with the post holder) however the post holder will be required to occasionally work up to 8pm and weekends to meet the needs of the patient group such as:
* families are demonstrably unable to attend at different times
* As a result of multiple DNAs
* To hold multifamily therapy
* To run group specific work.
The role includes delivering care to young people both individually and in groups, on site at CAMHS Phoenix, in the young person's home and via digital media. The post holder will be expected to work within this complex and variable setting, without direct supervision, but reporting to and in collaboration with senior colleagues, to deliver a high standard of evidence‑based care and treatment in order to maximise each young person's individual potential. This post includes working with families and/or carers in collaboration with other members of the multi‑disciplinary team and also with community CAMHS, children's social care and other Local Authority and voluntary sector colleagues.
The Service is an integral part of the wider specialist CAMHs service in Berkshire and is managed alongside and closely linked to the CAMHS Specialist Community Teams including CAMHS crisis, eating disorders and early intervention in psychosis services and relevant adult mental health services.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated "outstanding" by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Values
* Caring for and about you is our top priority
* Committed to providing good quality, safe services
* Working together with you to develop innovative solutions
Benefits
* Flexible working options to support work‑life balance
* 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
* Generous NHS pension scheme
* Excellent learning and career development opportunities
* ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
* Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
* Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
* Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
* Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
* Free parking across Trust sites
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