Job Overview
Join us in shaping a new CAMHS Day Patient service for children and young people. This provision sits between inpatient care and intensive community support, enhancing the acute risk pathway in Leicestershire. The service will offer intensive, compassionate, recoveryfocused mental health support for young people and their families, and we are recruiting motivated professionals who want to make a real difference.
We are seeking an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist with mental health experience who is passionate about supporting children and young people. Those accessing the service may have neurodiversity, emotional regulation difficulties, trauma histories, and highrisk behaviours. The team provides psychologically informed, intensive support across community and inpatient settings. You will be based at the Beacon Unit in Leicester, where the day programme runs alongside inpatient care.
Your role will include OT consultations, assessments, and holding a therapeutic caseload to help young people overcome barriers to engaging in everyday occupations. You will work closely with a multidisciplinary teamincluding doctors, education, social care, SALT, family therapists and psychologiststo deliver interventions for young people at risk of hospital admission.
CAMHS and the wider Trust are committed to embedding antiracist practice to ensure services are accessible, effective and safe for diverse communities across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Ongoing work includes the CAMHS Race Equity Group, community participation roles, and the Trust's 'Together Against Racism' strategy.
We especially welcome applicants who reflect the communities we serve.
Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)
* Provide a range of Occupational Therapy assessments and treatment for young people and their Parent/Carers drawing on relevant OT models/ theory and following the OT process.
* Undertake routine and profession specific outcomes measures
* Completion of OT reports, individualised care plans and risk assessments
* Provide consultation to MDT and external services to support the occupational need/ strengths of young people
* Work in conjunction with other community and health professionals to deliver joined up care pathway to meet the specific need of the child/ young person and their family.
* Carry out clinical supervision of OTs within the service as delegated by Lead Occupational Therapist
* Offer regular placements to Occupational Therapy students, supervising as their practice educator.
* Contribute to audits and quality improvement activities and actively participate in service development.
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.
About Us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.