Occupational Therapist / Return to Practice

We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 5 Occupational Therapist (OT) to join our Intensive Support Team (IST) for adults with learning disabilities, in Peterborough. The post can be as a progression for return to practice OT's or OT students undertaking the course waiting to qualify. If successful you would work as a band 4 OT assistant until receiving your registration.
This team offers a unique opportunity to develop your skills and build on your experience of working with adults with learning disabilities with a diverse, fascinating range of complex needs.
Our goal is to support service users to remain in the community when in crisis, by offering additional mental health support, therapy, and treatment. We support the transition of service users to return from out of area placements and work with services supporting young people to prevent them having to leave Peterborough unnecessarily.
We are looking for an OT to work as part of multidisciplinary team. You will be supporting Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) plans, sensory processing and integration assessments, completing tasks to promote individuals to have a meaningful life. A key part of your role will be working with the wider team to develop greater understanding of people's difficulties. As a team we are passionate about development and providing the best possible care for our service users., To collaboratively work with the individuals with Learning Disabilities who have complex needs referred to our service when in a crisis to restore or create a match between the abilities of the person, the demands of activities/ occupations, and environment to improve function and access to opportunities for meaningful participation in daily life.
Interventions underpinned by the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) and the principles of recovery, enablement, compassionate care, optimism, hope and unconditional positive regard.
To work collaboratively with all disciplines as part of a multi-disciplinary team to assure a high standard of care for patient/clients and their relatives/carers, under supervision of a Senior Occupational Therapist.
To apply a level of understanding of the impact of mental health difficulties, behaviours that challenge and sensory processing difficulties has on occupational performance., To provide specialist Occupational Therapy assessments of adults with Learning Disabilities referred based upon the appropriate use, interpretation and integration of data from a variety of sources including OT assessments, self-report measures, rating scales, direct and indirect structured observations and semi-structured interviews with clients, family members and others involved in the client's care and welfare.
To be responsible for implementing a range of OT interventions for individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams,
To exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the assessment, direct interventions and discharge of clients, and to manage and maintain a caseload with support of senior OT.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development., Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.
We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:
+ Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
+ Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
+ Children and young people's mental health services;
+ Children's community services in Peterborough;
+ Social care;
+ Ground-breaking research
We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity.
CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.
Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a 'Red List' country.
Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.
If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.
All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.