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Occupational Therapist – Merida

Salary: Up to £45,000/FT & £27,000 pro rata

Location: Newmarket

Permanent – Part time 24 hours per week (Will consider full time applications)

The Cambian Group, the UK’s largest provider of specialist services in education, mental health rehabilitation and learning disabilities, is looking for a dedicated, caring individual to join the company.

We offer excellent training and career progression opportunities as well as a variety of staff benefits.

Cambian Merida is a 22 bedded children’s residential service which is split into 5 individual homes including an education provision through Cambian Dunbroch school located on the same site. The residential homes cater for young people age 12 – 18 years olds with on-going mental health needs, neurodevelopmental needs and challenging behaviours that may prevent them from functioning within the community without continued therapeutic support.

Job Role

You will be providing Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions within an Ofsted registered specialist residential services for young people with complex mental health needs. This is a therapeutic children residential care setting where you will be working alongside Psychiatry, Psychologists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Educators, Practice Nurse, Therapeutic Practitioners and Residential Care Workers.

Working as part of a multi professional clinical team, you will be responsible for assessment of an individual’s Occupational Therapy needs, and delivery of 1:1 and group interventions.

You will be given the opportunity to develop management and supervision skills, whilst taking responsibility for supervision of Occupational Therapy assistants already in post.

Alongside this you will also be providing training, support and consultation to the team working with the young person. This includes key workers within the home, and teaching staff within the service specific education provision.

 As a developing service there will also be active involvement and leadership in the development of the Cambian Occupational Therapy service to ensure this is evidence based, and is able to meet the needs of the young people. 

Other responsibilities will include attendance at child focused meetings, including CMAP meetings, LAC reviews, report writing, training delivery, liaising with external agencies as required, playing an active role in assessments of young people to determine suitability for the service and contributing to risk management plans and placement plans.

Candidate Profile

We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, forward thinking occupational therapist to join our friendly team. Someone with a clinical interest in trauma and post traumatic difficulties, complex co-morbidity, neurodevelopmental difficulties and attachment disorders would be welcomed. Experience of work with children presenting with risk to themselves and others would also be beneficial. The interest in working independently, shaping the clinical offer for children and young people will help the candidate achieve very highly in the service.

Essential:

BSc or an Msc in Occupational Therapy
Registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Registered with RCOT
Experience in working in Mental Health, and working with a trauma informed approach.
Demonstrate an interest in service development
Have a licence and access to own transport.
Be a strong team player.
Have excellent communication, organisational and time management skills.
You will provide quality assessments and interventions within the Model of Human Occupation.

Beneficial:

Experience in working with children & adolescents is advantageous.

In return we offer:

Full support from a multidisciplinary team
Regular clinical supervision & Peer supervision from OT in the sister home and wider organisation.
Preceptorship support
Meetings and peer support with Cambian Occupational Therapists
Developmental opportunities
Research opportunities & support
Internal/external training on new initiatives
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (with increments for length of service included)

You will also work with some of the most dedicated and inspirational people in our profession.

Note:

Successful candidates will need to meet the person specification in order to be offered this post.

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