Occupational Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 02/09/2026
- Closes
- 16/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist to work in the community with people experiencing complex mental health problems, specifically psychosis. The role involves working within a multi-disciplinary Assertive Outreach Team, delivering OT interventions to promote social inclusion and improve quality of life. You will facilitate and evaluate a community group programme and work with diverse service users in various community environments. The position is a Band 5 role, focusing purely on OT interventions without care coordination duties.
Key responsibilities
- Work as a member of the Assertive Outreach Teams in providing occupational therapy interventions in a city wide service for patients with highly complex, severe and persistent mental health problems seven days per week.
- Utilize core OT specific skills in providing high quality assessment and treatment.
- Promote and facilitate a group programme.
- Act as a resource and advisor on available services.
- Contribute to and promote partnership working.
- Establish and maintain good working relationships with other community teams/agencies within the statutory voluntary and private sector.
Essential criteria
- Relevant Occupational Therapy qualification and registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.
- Community post requiring a car driver with a valid driving licence and access to a car for work purposes.
- Is able to engage with people in creative and flexible ways.
- Completed preceptorship.
- Experience of successfully working with service users who experience complex psychosis.
- Understands a range of OT assessments and interventions appropriate for the service user group.
Desirable criteria
- Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue.
- Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help.
- Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
A rare and exciting opportunity has come up for an enthusiastic Occupational Therapist who has an interest in working in the community with people with complex mental health problems. You would be working within a multi-disciplinary team of mental health nurses, social work, psychology and psychiatrists
The Assertive Outreach Team (AOT) works with service users in the community who experience psychosis as their main issue, have not been able to engage with mental health services and have had repeated admissions to hospitals.
AOT operates with a team approach to flexibly and responsively support this group of service users in their mental health recovery and the OT role in the team is an essential component of this. As a band 5 in the team, you would not be acting as a care co-ordinator; therefore most of your time is set aside purely to deliver OT interventions with this client group.
We are looking for somebody who is passionate about the core values of Occupational Therapy in mental health, is confident working with a range of diverse service users and environments out in the community, and enjoys being part of a team. There is a well-established community group programme within the service, which you would be an integral part of facilitating and evaluating, as well as important link working with other mental health providers in the city.
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