Community Occupational Therapist

The Cheltenham Recovery Team work within the principles of recovery and social inclusion to provide assessment and evidence based interventions for adults experiencing serious and enduring mental health difficulties. You will be motivated, conscientious and reliable with experience of working in a community setting, a car driver, able to care coordinate a caseload (within the CPA policy) and have basic IT skills. We are able to offer flexible working.

We are looking for someone who has a good understanding and high level of commitment to the recovery process and social inclusion. You will be supported in your continuous professional development and supervision is in place to support (your) provision of a high quality service. The post holder will hold a professional qualification in Occupational Therapy with Health Professional Council Registration and be able to; manage a caseload, travel independently, have IT skills; AMPS training is preferable and experience of working in a Community setting is required. Supervision and continuing professional development will be integral to this post.

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust. The annual NHS Staff Surveygives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.