Band 6 Occupational Therapist - CAMHS Intensive Community Support Team

Job summary

Occupational Therapist - CAMHS Intensive Community Support Team

The CAMHS Intensive Community Support team enhances the risk support offer to young people, via the provision of an outreach and intensive intervention team to support the CYP with the most complex needs. The service operates at the interface of the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment team and inpatient admission.

These young people are likely to have emotional regulation difficulties/ extensive trauma histories/ ASD/ Intellectual Disability and present with high-risk behaviours. The team is committed to offering intensive, psychologically informed support to ensure the best possible care in the community. It is envisaged that the post holder will further embed PBS within the team, creating bespoke PBS plans to support the wider networks understanding of a young person and aid in the reduction of the presentation of behaviours of concern.

The successful candidates would work together in a profession specific, holistic and person -centred way to support the development of the Occupational Therapy pathway for the CAMHS Risk services. This allows excellent Leadership and opportunities for creativity, innovation with direct support from Professional and Operational service leads to embed the OT provision and evaluate the added impact of OT for young people experiencing significant Mental Health challenges and their families.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to recruit Occupational Therapists within our ICST service to compliment the therapeutic offer and MDT working with young people with complex needs (ASD/Intellectual Disability/ extensive trauma histories) , emotional dysregulation and associated high risk behaviour, for whom an inpatient admission may potentially cause longer term detriment by inadvertently increasing the risk profile.

This will involve establishing the OT role, OT provision and pathways as part of the MDT enhanced package of care.

Undertaking holistic assessments, short and long-term outreach and intensive interventions and working with young people and their families and network including social care and education, in the community and CAMHS settings.

Working with the MDT to collaboratively develop a care plan with young people which best supports their identified needs via an enhanced model of care.

Working within the wider CAMHS system to ensure an integrated pathway of care for young people and their families.

What we can offer you.

A supportive Multi-disciplinary Team, formal and informal meetings for case discussion, reflective practice and service development.

Regular Professional, Clinical and operational supervision.

Strong leadership and direction; monthly professional business meetings, regular opportunities for networking with other Occupational Therapists within CAMHS and wider LPT.

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 serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

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 are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Bridge Park Road

Thurmaston

Leicester

LE4 8PQ

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Leicestershire Partnership Nhs Trust

Bridge Park Road

Thurmaston

Leicester

LE4 8PQ

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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