CAMHS Crisis Care Community Occupational Therapist

We are seeking a dynamic and skilled Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our Crisis Care Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services team. This exciting role offers the opportunity to apply your Occupational Therapy expertise and creativity in a fast-paced, supportive environment, working with young people at home, school and in the community who are experiencing a mental health crisis. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a profound difference in the lives of young people under our service. You will be part of an ever expanding, forward thinking and compassionate team committed to improving outcomes for young people and their families. This is an exciting time to join a team focused on early intervention, prevention, and recovery, where your skills as an Occupational Therapist will be central to the services growth and success. You will receive excellent support, supervision, and opportunities to contribute to the development of new therapeutic interventions within CAMHs crisis care. Main duties of the job

• You will be required to provide specialist Occupational Therapy interventions to young people in acute mental health crises, promoting recovery and preventing admission to hospital.
• You will need to holistically assess the functional abilities of the young person, identifying barriers and limitations to their everyday life and well-being.
• Develop personalised care plans that focus on improving emotional regulation, coping skills and engagement in meaningful activities.
• Deliver short-term crisis interventions in both community and home settings, ensuring that the young person and their family are supported during times of acute distress.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team including mental health practitioners, nurses, social workers, and youth support workers to provide integrated, client-centered care.
• Offer consultation and advice to other professionals and families in order to facilitate recovery.
• Liaise with schools, social services, CAMHs and other external agencies to ensure continuity of care and support during and after their admission to our service., To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.
So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guidethat sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form. Diversity Matters MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve.


• Registered with Health Care Professionals Council
• You must have a recognised qualification. Recognised qualifications are : Degree / Diploma in Occupational Therapy
Experience Essential
• Specialist level of theoretical knowledge & clinical practice oMental health oPaediatric setting otreatment approaches oGroup activities
• Evidence of self-directed / formal postgraduate education & training experiences
• Experience of contributing to developing and evaluating own practice
• Significant post-qualification experience
Desirable
• Work experience at a senior level
• Experience of participation clinical supervision / appraisal processes
• Awareness of developing, implementing and auditing standards of practice
• Experience of working in a community setting.
Knowledge, Skills and Ability. Essential
• Up to date knowledge of child mental health and relevant legislation.
• Maintenance of an up to date portfolio reflecting development of specialist knowledge, skills and evidence-based practice.
• Knowledge and skills in delivery of evidence-based practice and the ability to demonstrate how this influences clinical practice.
• The ability to assess, formulate and manage care appropriately, ensuring discharge is timely.
• Ability to plan, implement and evaluate appropriate therapeutic interventions with children across the age range and their parents / carers.
• Developed communication skills with the ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive or contentious information and overcome barriers to acceptance with children, parents and professionals.
• To be able to function as a part of a multi-disciplinary team and to liaise effectively with other agencies , education, GP's, maintaining positive working relationships.
• The ability to work with people from a range of different backgrounds, cultures and or different ages.
• To be able to provide feedback and constructive guidance to junior members of the team and trainees to facilitate their personal and professional development.
• The ability to reflect on and critically appraise own performance.
• Ability to manage and organise own time and diary, and work flexibly and creatively in a clinical context and pressurised situations.
The ability to follow policy and make proposals for change.
• The ability to work independently with the support of clinical and management supervision.
• The ability to maintain clinical records both written and electronic.
• The ability to cope with stressful situations including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the case of highly emotive and distressing problems
Desirable
• Active member of relevant special interest group CYPF Acute Clinical Forum
• Experience of delivering training.
• Experience of audit and research
• Delivery of group work and workshops.
• Advanced IT skills.
• Experience of supervising junior staff, A commitment to undertake further relevant training and self-directed study.
• Punctual and flexible across hours of work when required.
• A commitment to the inclusion of young people's, parent / carer views in service delivery, development and design.
• Willingness to contribute to team functioning, performance and the ongoing development of the service., Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust's Equal Opportunities and Equality and Diversity policies.
  
  MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £ & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts.
We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary. We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022. We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable. At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.