Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate Occupational Therapist with the experience within mental health services to be part of the growing EL CAMHS HTT developing across East London.

The East London CAMHS Home Treatment Team is a team developing across East London that, operating Monday-Sunday 09:00-17:00 (Under Review) and aim to provide the following for CYP based in City & Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets

Multi-disciplinary support including assessment, diagnosis and treatment toCYP with serious mental illness where inpatient admission would otherwise be required or as part of supported discharge

Interventions and support provided by EL CAMHS HTT may be up for up to 8 weeks and include individual work, family work, psychiatric assessment, occupational therapy, medication management, psycho-education, work on activities of daily living, multi-agency liaison, collaborative care planning, facilitated integration into community resources - as close to home as possible

Empower children and young people to recover from mental health crisis

Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide specialist Occupational Therapy expertise to contribute to the high quality assessment, evidenced based treatment and consultation to client systems including children young people their families, carers and professional networks. They will utilise specialist skills to be able to formulate and implement effective care plans of intensive community support for CYP - often in distressing circumstances.

The post holder will also care co-ordinate a caseload of young people with highly complex mental health difficulties, working collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team and young people to formulate, co-produce care plans and complete treatment reviews.

They will work closely with multi-disciplinary colleagues to develop specialist training, teaching and consultation in order to enhance the skills available to EL CAMHS HTT clinicians and the wider network as needed. They will support with line management and clinical supervision as required.

They will contribute to wide team functions such as being part of service rotas' including weekdays / weekend duty and being involved in service development work such as audits, quality improvement, research and service evaluation.

The post holder will need to work flexibly across the three boroughs, based on the needs of CYP and their families. Appointments will be conducted according to the needs of these

About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Job responsibilities
Provide specialist Occupational Therapy expertise during assessment of CYP and their families with significant and complex problems in order to formulate and implement plans for the treatment and management of mental health difficulties based upon an appropriate conceptual framework and employing research based evidence.

To use highly specialist skills to assess how clients mental health difficulties impact upon their occupational areas and performance components

Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and wider multi-agency network to ensure the provision of quality, person-centered care.

Care coordinate a caseload under the care of EL CAMHS HTT, in accordance with the CPA framework

Provide consultation, advice and guidance to other professionals working with families both within the service and in partner agencies. This will include liaison and working with professional networks involved with complex, emotive and sometimes conflictual issues such as those involving child protection, deliberate self-harm, violence, trauma and suicide risk.

Work closely with multi-disciplinary colleagues in inpatient services to ensure safe discharge plans are in place for young people and their families

Assess and monitor clinical risk and mental state on an on-going basis, collaboratively undertaking risk assessments with other professionals and informing relevant agencies of changes as appropriate

Undertake specialist assessment of daily living skills and social skills to ascertain level of functional ability, risk factors and level of support/ accommodation needs in support community care plans

Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential

• Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapist
• Professional registration with HCPC
• Evidence of continued professional development and post qualification in Sensory Integrated Assessment / Therapy
• At least 5 years post qualification with at least 2 years experience as a Senior OT (Band 6) working in a mental health setting or relevant field

Desirable

• European Computer Driving License
• Member of the British Association of Occupational Therapy

Experience
Essential

• Experience of using health promotion and rehabilitation interventions in order to promote social inclusion and recovery
• Experience of working with a diverse service user group in a culturally sensitive way
• Using routine outcome measures as part of clinical practice
• Experience of risk management in a mental health setting or relevant field
• Highly developed specialist occupational, vocational and sensory assessment skills

Desirable

• Experience of working with children, young people and families at various community settings including homes, education etc
• Experience of involvement in service development including supervision, training and induction of junior colleagues

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).