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Children and Young Person's Occupational Therapist, Aylesbury
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Client:
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Location:
Aylesbury, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
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EU work permit required:
Yes
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Job Reference:
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Job Views:
3
Posted:
17.05.2025
Expiry Date:
01.07.2025
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Job Description:
Job overview
Are you keen to work with children and young people experiencing mental health challenges? Or do you want a change of clinical environment?
Within Children & Adolescent Mental Health Services in Buckinghamshire we are looking for motivated Occupational Therapists who are looking to work in a great team alongside other occupational therapists, nurses and social workers, all of whom are dedicated to improving services for young people. You may be a band 5 ready for the next step in their career, or an experienced band 6 OT who wants to gain exposure in a new area or working outside of the NHS. Either way, we have a career path ready for you.
You will join our Single Point of Access (SPA) team. This is a vital frontline service and the first point of contact for all new referrals and enquiries, including self-referrals and those from parents, carers, and professionals. You will play a key role in ensuring timely clinical triage and appropriate signposting to the right support at the right time.
Main duties of the job
* Triage new referrals, adhering to service protocols and referring clients to the appropriate service or back to the referral agent as necessary
* Deliver training to the wider children's workforce as required, ensuring that staff are equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge
* Provide consultative advice to parents, carers, and other professionals on appropriate steps to support children's mental health and emotional wellbeing
* Support service delivery, ensuring it meets national guidance and local key performance indicators
* Use communication skills to understand and address sensitive difficulties, develop tailored interventions, and work with external agencies to ensure the right intervention is offered
The ability to travel independently between sites within the Trust is essential for this role. Please note if you are based outside of the UK you will need to be fully qualified, have already passed your OSCE and have an NMC pin number or hold HCPC registration in order to be considered for this role.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
* Excellent opportunities for career progression
* Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning anddevelopment
* 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
* NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
* Lease car scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Mental Health First Aiders
* Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
* Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality,Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The role is based at the Sue Nicholls Centre in Aylesbury and following your induction period there is scope to work from home on a hybrid basis depending on the needs of the service. To aid with collaboration with external agencies you will get the work directly with MASH in their offices once per month.
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Mental Health or equivalent professional health qualification e.g. OT, RMN NURSE, SOCIAL WORKER
* Leadership training
Experience
* Post qualification experience in a mental health setting, which includes working with young people with mental health needs.
* Experience of mentoring and clinical supervision of others
* Evidence of delivering mental state examination and risk assessment to inform pathways of care.
* Experience of working with children and young people who present with Neurodiversity.
* Experience of trauma informed approach to your work
Knowledge
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Understanding of the legal and social policy issues influencing the work environment.
* All new starters have a thorough induction process, both local and Trust wide, which aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
* Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
* We’re advocates of flexible working and many of our roles offer a range of employment options to help you balance your work and personal life.
* Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
* We are ambitious in our pursuit of excellence, driven by the belief that a fair, just and fully inclusive organisational culture enables our teams to deliver the best quality of care and services possible and we work hard to ensure that our diverse workforce reflects the communities that we serve.
* We welcome applications from all sections of the community, are an Equal Opportunities employer with a number of internal networking groups to support our employees and where possible will always look to make reasonable adjustments in order that you can fulfil the role to recognise your full potential. All our employees are committed to demonstrating through their behaviour our core values – safe, caring and excellent.
* We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
* Oxford is a world-renowned centre of excellence for research. Oxford Health works closely with the University of Oxford department of Psychiatry and the Department of Primary care, has a Biomedical Research Centre dedicated to improving mental health and the NIHR Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford site. The Trust also hosts the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) which carries out applied research that directly impacts patient health and wellbeing
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