This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Occupational Therapist to join the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) at EPUT.
The post holder will be based at St Aubyn's Centre in Colchester (Longview and Larkwood wards) and Rochford Hospital (Poplar Ward) in Rochford, near Southend on Sea, supporting the delivery of Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions for young people in the service.
We provide an integrated service with a holistic assessment of the psychological, social and physical needs of each referred young person, enabling appropriate care pathways and discharge planning.
Team Members
* Ward Doctors
* Consultant Psychiatrist
* Nurses
* Support Workers
* Psychologists
* Family Therapist
* Teachers/Education
Key Responsibilities
1. To undertake occupational therapy assessments for all young people under the care of Longview, Larkwood and Poplar ward, addressing occupational performance and skill deficits to support self‑maintenance, productivity and leisure.
2. To utilise specialist assessments when presented with complex cases.
3. To make decisions on the level of treatment intervention required.
4. To undertake treatment planning, communicating and negotiating treatment plans and clinical reasoning for intervention with patients and their carers.
5. To communicate agreed treatment/care plans to multi-disciplinary team colleagues, partnership agencies and liaise with them at formal and informal meetings.
6. To undertake manual handling assessments ensuring other professionals and carers are aware of manual handling needs.
7. To work in collaboration with others to modify aspects of the environment in order to empower patients and facilitate optimal functional performance.
Benefits and Development
* Season Ticket Loans
* NHS discounts for staff
* Excellent training facilities and opportunities
* Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
* Opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
* Salary sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
* Day One flexible employer
Flexible Working
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment.
Staff Bank
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the Trust that hires clinical and non‑clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our Trust hospitals and community settings. All permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank; however the option is available if you wish to work additional shifts. If you are joining the Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join the staff bank.
Qualifications and Experience
The successful applicant will contribute to the comprehensive assessment and treatment of service users in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). You will provide effective, tailored, evidence based occupational therapy to service users between 13-18 years of age, using goal setting and interventions focused on re‑engagement in self‑care, productivity and leisure activities, and promoting health, wellbeing and independence.
You will be expected to identify and use relevant occupational therapy standardised assessments and outcomes. You will also exchange complex sensitive information with service users and assess their response to activities in accordance with agreed models of practice. You will also provide occupational therapy advice to other disciplines.
This advert closes on Tuesday 21 Oct 2025.
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