Occupational Therapy Assistant
Location: Cygnet Hospital Derby.
Hours: Full Time - 40 hours per week
Closing date: 11th November 2025 (please note, this vacancy will close early if we receive a high volume of applications)
Post: Occupational Therapy Assistant
Salary: Starting from £28,612.50.
Responsible for: Supporting Occupational Therapists to perform their role in the assessment, treatment and development of individuals in our care
Responsible to: Head of Occupational Therapy (Line manager)
Hours: 40 hours per week
Service Line: Low secure male/female and male high dependency unit (HDU)
Summary of the site:
Cygnet Derby (East Midlands):
We are currently looking for an occupational therapy assistant to join our team at Cygnet Hospital Derby. This post holder would work within the Occupational Therapy team and multi-disciplinary team based on one of the three wards at site.
Cygnet Hospital Derby provides low secure and mental health rehabilitation care based on the Recovery Model. Our integrated male care pathway includes Litchurch Ward, our low secure ward, and the Wyvern Unit, our mental health rehabilitation service. Alvaston Ward, our specialist female personality disorder service, is one of the leading services of its kind in the East and West Midlands.
Our Occupational therapy department supports service users to engage in meaningful occupations and overcome any barriers that prevent this. We focus on supporting individuals to develop the skills needed to live a more independent and fulfilling life in the community. To support with this, we have a full therapy programme that includes a range of self-care, productive and leisure-based activities. Our Occupational Therapy pathway has different stages of treatment and the interventions offered will change as our service user’s progress through each stage of this pathway.
In this role you will:
* Deliver planned activities for patients under the direction of the ward Occupational Therapist (OT) and Multidisciplinary Team
* Assist the OT in the day to day duties and running of the department
* Develop and run a meaningful therapy timetable
* Undertake assessment and intervention programmes with clients as delegated by a senior occupational therapist underpinned by appropriate experience / knowledge
* Contribute ideas, create and facilitate events and activities safely and support people to structure their time through meaningful activity
* Have involvement in the delivery of one to one and group interventions
* Implement individual care plans during activity sessions and take into account specific interests and opportunities to promote choice and independence.
If you would like to discuss this role further, please contact Katie Dixon via email on or Rachel Rowe