Are you interested in supporting individuals with complex mental health needs?
As a Band 5 Occupational Therapist in Secure Services, your role will involve assisting individuals in developing meaningful and independent lives, while focusing on safety and recovery. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will provide person‑centred, occupation‑based interventions that address risk management, rehabilitation, and positive outcomes.
This position offers an exciting opportunity to develop your clinical skills within a well‑established service that promotes reflective practice, supervision, and professional growth. You will gain experience with diverse presentations, contribute to both group and individual programmes, and have the chance to bring your ideas and approach to the role. The team offers a professional environment with strong leadership and a focus on staff wellbeing and ongoing development.
We welcome applications from students who are due to qualify this year.
Main duties of the job
* Complete occupational therapy assessments to identify strengths, needs, risks and occupational goals, using standardised and non‑standardised tools.
* Plan, deliver and evaluate individual and group‑based occupational therapy interventions aligned with care plans and recovery pathways.
* Support service users to develop life skills, coping strategies and routines that promote independence, wellbeing and safe engagement in meaningful activity.
* Contribute to risk assessment and risk management through an occupational perspective, ensuring interventions are safe and appropriate to the secure environment.
* Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team, contributing to reviews, CPA meetings, ward rounds and clinical discussions.
* Maintain accurate, timely and compliant clinical records and reports.
* Support service users participation in structured activity programmes, including vocational, creative, sensory and functional activities.
* Adhere to relevant legislation, policies and professional standards, including security procedures and safeguarding requirements.
* Engage in supervision, continuing professional development and service improvement activities.
* Involve service users, carers and families where appropriate, ensuring care is person‑centred and recovery focused.
This role offers a varied caseload and the opportunity to apply core occupational therapy skills within a structured and highly specialised setting.
Person Specification
Experience
* Application of the Occupational Therapy Process
* Use of standardised / functional assessment and activity analysis
* Prior Mental Health or Learning Disability experience
* Forensic placement or work experience
Qualifications
* HCPC registered
* Bsc Hons Degree in Occupational Therapy or Diploma from COT
Knowledge
* Clear understanding of core occupational therapy skills
* Awareness of the implications of long‑term institutional care
* Understanding of team dynamics
* Basic knowledge of health legislation and current practice including CPA and risk assessment management
* Awareness of legal restraints impacting on the rehabilitation of mentally disordered offenders
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and applications are encouraged and welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part‑time and flexible working applications will be considered and supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
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