Occupational Therapist/Senior Occupational Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 21/09/2026
- Closes
- 05/10/2026
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Role summary
This role is for an Occupational Therapist or Senior Occupational Therapist to work within a prison setting in York, supporting men with complex mental health needs. The successful candidate will join an expanding multidisciplinary team across HMP Full Sutton and HMP Millsike. Responsibilities include conducting occupational performance assessments, developing client-centred goals, and providing clinical advice to multidisciplinary professionals. The role focuses on recovery, wellbeing, and supporting transitions for individuals in custody.
Essential criteria
- Appropriate professional qualification for occupational therapy role
- Current relevant registration with specific regulatory body
Desirable criteria
- Post graduate training in relevant specialist area
- Minimum 18 months post qualifying experience of occupational therapy delivery
- Experience of supporting people with mental health issues, learning disability or autism
- Experience of working in Multidisciplinary Team
- Understanding of the needs of people who use our services with mental health conditions or learning disabilities.
- Awareness of professional standards and their application to practice
- Clinical risk assessment and application in practice
- Knowledge of evidence based practice in designated specialist area
- Appropriate professional qualification for occupational therapy role
- Current relevant registration with specific regulatory body
- Post graduate training in relevant specialist area
- Minimum 18 months post qualifying experience of occupational therapy delivery
- Experience of supporting people with mental health issues, learning disability or autism
- Experience of working in Multidisciplinary Team
- Understanding of the needs of people who use our services with mental health conditions or learning disabilities.
- Awareness of professional standards and their application to practice
- Clinical risk assessment and application in practice
- Knowledge of evidence based practice in designated specialist area
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Occupational Therapist/Senior Occupational Therapist
The closing date is 05 October 2026
Job summary
Are you interested in supporting men with complex mental health needs within a prison setting? Would you like to work in York? Would you like to join TEW Health and Justice Services?
We are seeking an experienced Band 5 Occupational Therapist (minimum 18 months post-qualification experience at the point of application) or an existing Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join our expanding service.
Due to the successful growth of occupational therapy within our Prison Integrated Mental Health Teams, we are recruiting a full-time Band 6 Senior Occupational Therapist to work across HMP Full Sutton and HMP Millsike, two neighbouring prisons located on the same site near York. You will work alongside our existing Band 7 Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist as part of a developing and innovative multidisciplinary team.
The Integrated Mental Health Teams at HMP Full Sutton and HMP Millsike are a partnership between TEWV and Rethink Mental Illness, delivering primary and secondary person-centred, recovery-focused mental health care. As part of a multidisciplinary team, you will provide OT assessment, intervention and care planning for men with complex mental health needs, supporting recovery, wellbeing and successful transiti
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