Senior Occupational Therapist

As an Occupational Therapist within Combat Stress, you will be responsible for empowering veterans to engage fully in meaningful occupations. This will be achieved through comprehensive clinical assessment and clinical formulation in collaboration with the veteran, through evidence-based interventions.

General Overview of Role

The Occupational Therapist will be responsible for empowering veterans to engage fully in meaningful occupations that matter to them and support their participation in life situations. Interventions will be based on enabling them to make choices, building resilience and the use of coping strategies based on sensory interventions. Intervention choice will be done through assessment and completion of occupational case formulation to guide treatment and delivered through individual and groupwork interventions.

Main Duties and Key Responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities

To carry out Occupational Therapy assessments, completing occupational case formulations to devise treatment plans using robust theoretical and evidence-based models.

Offer group-work interventions using robust theoretical and evidence-based models.

To participate as a dynamic and innovative member of the multi-disciplinary team.

To provide liaison between various teams offering treatment to veterans.

To contribute to the whole system treatment planning process, developing, implementing and evaluating treatment and encouraging and supporting service users to define their treatment needs.

To formulate and adhere to risk assessments and care planning ensuring in collaboration with the veteran/carer.

To facilitate and co-facilitate online/in-person groups.

Combat Stress is the UKs leading mental health charity for veterans. For over a century weve been helping former service personnel deal with issues like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression. Today we provide specialist treatment and support for veterans from every service and conflict, focusing on those with complex mental health issues related to their military service. We provide a range of community, outpatient and residential mental health services to veterans with complex mental health problems.

We provide services in-person, and viaphoneandonline.

Based across the north of England

Salary: Band 6, £38,164 - £46,104, per annum, dependent on experience

Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 16:30

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Are you passionate about Occupational Therapy?

Are you a dynamic, professional, enthusiastic Occupational Therapist, with a passion for working in a trauma service? Are you ready to take the next step in your career?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and dynamic Occupational Therapist to join the Occupational Therapy Team as a permanent staff member. This role provides the opportunity to work autonomously as a valued member of an interdisciplinary team and be part of a National Occupational Therapy service.

We provide a comprehensive Induction, Individual and Peer supervision, protected CPD time and Reflective Practice.

About Us:

Combat Stress is the UKs leading mental health charity for veterans. For over a century weve been helping former service personnel deal with issues like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression. Today we provide specialist treatment and support for veterans from every service and conflict, focusing on those with complex mental health issues related to their military service. We provide a range of community, outpatient and residential mental health services to veterans with complex mental health problems.

We provide services in-person, and via phone and online.

About the role:

The Occupational Therapy team at Combat Stress are passionate about What matters to veterans.

As an Occupational Therapist within Combat Stress, you will be responsible for empowering veterans to engage fully in meaningful occupations. This will be achieved through comprehensive clinical assessment and clinical formulation in collaboration with the veteran, through evidence-based interventions.

This role is subject to a DBS check.

What we offer:

You will work within a reputable charity that is constantly evolving to meet the needs of our veterans, that has a fantastic cause and a committed follower base.

27 days annual leave, with an increase to 30 days annual leave upon 5 years of continuous service, plus bank holidays and an additional increase to 33 days annual leave upon 10 years continuous service, plus bank holidays.

Competitive stakeholder pension scheme - contributions matched up to 11% of salary

Access to the Employee Assistance Programme

Access to Blue Light Card scheme

Death in Service Scheme

How to apply:

Thank you for your interest in working for Combat Stress.

If your application is shortlisted, one of the team will contact you shortly after the closing date to let you know the next steps.

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