Vocational Rehabilitation Occupational Therapist

Overview

A vacancy at Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. An exciting opportunity to join a team of 5 occupational therapists specialising in vocational rehabilitation for a community-based service working with adults with an acquired brain injury. The focus is to assist people with achieving a return to work or other meaningful activity. The post is based at the Acorn Suite, Countess of Chester Health Park, and provides a service to the Wirral Area.

• Assist people who have had an acquired brain injury or a stroke with achieving a return to work.
• Explore steps to achieve this, including fatigue management, voluntary work and other activities of productivity.
• Work rehabilitation, work task simulation, worksite visits, job analysis.
• Liaise with employer's occupational health, HR and line managers, and work with other relevant organisations.
• Manage own caseload with support and guidance from senior OT.

The Acquired Brain Injury Service has continued to develop since its origins. The post holder will work alongside brain injury case managers, psychology assistants, consultant neuropsychologists, lived experience connectors and service user volunteers.

CWP NHS Trust provides opportunity for mandatory training and personal development. They are a responsive and inclusive employer that provides opportunity for flexible working. They encourage service users to become involved at all levels:
Governor's, Lived Experience and Volunteering.

Shortlisting for this vacancy is due to commence on 13/02/2026 and the proposed interview date is 05/03/2026. The.

CWP provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire. We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool.

We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences.

All new starters will commence in post on a fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction/initial training requirements of the role.

Please download a copy of the job description for full details of responsibilities. CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews.

For further guidance contact the recruitment team via email at  or by calling

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!