Occupational Therapist

Are you passionate about working with adolescents and want to work within a supportive and well-established multi-disciplinary team, while delivering and planning a group programme for young people? SLAM Inpatient CAMHS are excited to be recruiting two senior Occupational Therapist to work in one of our two units, Maudsley Adolescent Unit (MAU) and at Bethlem Adolescent PICU (BAPICU). MAU will be based in the brand-new Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People; This is a unique opportunity to work within a team as they move into the pioneering new building and begin to shape the service in it's new home opening in 2025. BAPICU is based on the Bethlem Royal Hospital Site in Beckenham with wonderful hospital grounds. As the Occupational Therapist you will work closely with the nursing team alongside the MDT. You will be able to engage with young people in individual as well as group sessions. We are looking for a candidate who has experience working as an OT within an acute mental health setting (CAMHS or adult), or in a youth setting where you have delivered a range of individual and group activities. The role will provide opportunities to undertake assessments as well as support young people with their sensory and ADL needs. You will oversee the group programme and support with designing and running of groups which engage and support the young people. You will also be well supported by the Lead OT as well as the Ward Manager and the wider MDT., CAMHS is dynamic and as the unit OT you will need to be enthusiastic, responsive and adaptive! You will be responsible for facilitating a flexible and patient centred activity programme (working within the ward timetable). You will offer 1:1 assessments for young people to support with the development of individualised treatment plans. This will often include conducting sensory assessments and feeding these outcomes back to the team to inform a supportive, whole team approach. There is also an expectation that you will complete ADL assessments and develop care plans following this, particularly for young people with additional needs. You will also need to plan and run groups within the unit. These will be a mixture of , therapeutic groups, more OT focused sessions, as well as general recreation and leisure based groups. You will work closely with a small team of Occupational Therapy Assistants who work between the nursing and OT team and support with evening and weekend groups. As the OT on the unit you will also provide supervision to the OTAs.

SLaM has the largest and most specialised CAMHS services in the country and is on the forefront of personalised support for children and young people. We pride ourselves in delivering personalised support to children, young people and their families / carers. We are recruiting for the MAU and BAPICU. The full list of inpatient services within the CAMHS directorate is:

• Maudsley Adolescent Unit based at the Pears Maudsley Centre at the Maudsley Hospital
• Bethlem Adolescent Unit based at the Bethlem Royal Hospital
• Bethlem Adolescent PICU based at the Bethlem Royal Hospital
Pears Maudsley Centre Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People is opening in early 2025. The aim of the building is to change the story on mental health and transform the lives of children and young people. It will be home to the Maudsley Adolescent Unit, the King's Maudsley Partnership; the Maudsley and Bethlem Hospital School as well as many National and Specialist Outpatient CAMHS services and will also house state of the art clinical research facilities. Bethlem Royal Hospital Bethlem Royal Hospital is based in a beautiful setting in over 200 acres of green space in the London Borough of Bromley, South East London. The hospital has easy access to nearby main roads and have offers free parking. The site is within walking distance from of Eden Park and West Wickham overland stations and now with the superjloop there is a bus right to the gates of the hospital.