Occupational Therapist/ Key worker

Job summary

Band 6 Occupational Therapist - North Warwickshire Community Mental Health Team

We are looking for an Occupational Therapist who wants to develop their career and be part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team that works creatively with those with mental health conditions across North Warwickshire.

Working for our Team offers you the opportunity to develop some excellent specialist skills and take part in innovative and effective interventions. Time is spent investing in you and your development both as a team member and Occupational Therapist. There is potential to shadow colleagues when you first start and lots of training opportunities within the team, with time given to allow you to access this. This will enable you to confidently undertake the role of delivering treatment and interventions to your patients.

We are continually exploring ways to continue to further develop the delivery of Occupational Therapy within this setting, with good peer support networks and OT specific training and forums.

Main duties of the job

The team has invested in considerable staff training and development over the years to develop staff skills with working with our patient group. Working within an established team, you will be managing a caseload of patients who have complex mental health problems and delivering Occupational Therapy Interventions. You will act as a specialist OT, alongside other responsibilities such as duty & assessments. As a successful candidate you will have the opportunity to build your skills and confidence. You will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, using evidence-based approaches and time limited interventions. You will be communicating with a wide variety of patients; professionals; partners and agencies.

As part of working in our team you will be working with some individuals with complex mental health problems both with psychotic illness and non-psychosis presentations. Some people will present with significant trauma and emotional dysregulation. This can be a challenging client group; however, we have a positive attitude & non-judgmental approach toward our patient group, understanding what has brought them to their current presentation, recognising individual strengths and establishing clear, focussed, professional relationships that identify clear boundaries and expectations for both the patient and clinician. This empowers both patient and clinician to see what can be achieved through clear collaborative care planning.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us

excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more

salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more

discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes

wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more

staff networks and support groups

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.