Overview
CareTech Wisbech, England, United Kingdom
Occupational Therapist
Location: Wisbech
Contract: Part Time • Permanent • 30 hours per week
Salary: Up to 44K depending on experience; £33,373 (pro rata)
Closing Date: Friday 5 September 2025
Organisation: The Cambian Group — Meeko House, 16 bedded children’s residential home for 12–18 year olds with ongoing mental health needs and challenging behaviours.
Job Role
You will be providing Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions within an assessment unit for young people with complex mental health needs. This is a health care setting where you will be working alongside Psychiatry, Psychologists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Educators, Social Workers and Health Care Assistants and Nurses.
You will be responsible for assessment of an individual’s Occupational Therapy needs, and delivery of 1:1 and group interventions. You will be given the opportunity to develop management and supervision skills, whilst taking responsibility for supervision of the two Occupational Therapy assistants already in post.
Alongside this you will also be providing training, support and consultation to the team working with the young person. This includes key workers within the home, and teaching staff within the service specific education provision. As a developing service there will also be active involvement in the development of the Cambian Occupational Therapy service to ensure this is evidence based, and is able to meet the needs of the young people.
Other responsibilities will include attendance at child focused meetings, including CPA review meetings, report writing, training delivery, liaising with external agencies as required, and contributing to risk management plans and placement plans.
Candidate Profile
Essential
* BSc or MSc in Occupational Therapy
* Registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)
* Registered with COT
* Demonstrate an interest in service development
* Licence and access to own transport
* Strong team player
* Excellent communication, organisational and time management skills
* Provide quality assessments and interventions within the Model of Human Occupation
Beneficial
* Experience in working with children & adolescents
In Return We Offer
* Full support from a multidisciplinary team
* Regular clinical supervision
* Preceptorship support
* Meetings and peer support with Cambian Occupational Therapists
* Developmental opportunities
* Research opportunities & support
* Internal/external training on new initiatives
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (with increments for length of service)
* Opportunity to learn from dedicated professionals
Note
Successful candidates will need to meet the person specification. Due to Government changes to immigration policy, Health and Care Visa or Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship eligibility depends on UKVI salary threshold and ISL; applicants should check eligibility before applying. All candidates will be subject to enhanced DBS and reference checks. Cambian is an equal opportunities employer. Job Description attached: OT_Job_Description.doc
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