Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist

Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist - Fixed term

The closing date is 04 February 2026

Positive Directions (Vanguard) AHP Team - Trauma Informed Practice, Children and Young People.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Children and Young People's Positive Directions (Vanguard) AHP Team for a Band 7 Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist 0.4wte, fixed term until end of March 2027.

Positive Directions is an ICB funded initiative that uses a social prescribing model with trauma informed practice to offer targeted support to children and young people least likely to have their needs met through mainstream support. For example, this includes children and young people at risk of criminal activity or prolonged school avoidance. The AHP team includes Occupational therapy and Speech and language therapy.

The OT role includes opportunities to work in community settings, hospital settings, and school settings.

This unique and innovative OT role provides occupational therapy assessment, clinical reasoning, and clinical recommendations, primarily through consultation to practitioners working directly with children and young people open to Positive Directions. The OT role is continuing to emerging and requires clinical leadership and an innovative approach from someone with an interest in developing and evaluating a unique role, in conjunction with the AHP Directorate Lead.

This role is supported by an 8a Advanced OT, who will provide supervisory support. Secondments will be considered, in line with the CWPT acting up and Secondment policy.

For further information regarding this role, please view the attached job description and personal specification.

There is an option of some remote working and the roles have a physical presence at the Coventry City Centre office base, 1 Friargate.

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support groups

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Please note:

For further information regarding this role please contact Kayleigh O’connor, Kayle Also please view the attached job description and personal specification.

• HCPC registration
• BSC/MSC Occupational Therapy

• Advanced knowledge and skills in OT assessment and intervention
• Demonstrates an understanding and ability to practice in a centred-centred way.
• Ability to locate up to date research, evidence and governance relevant to clinical area and integrate in to practice

• Evidence of effective caseload management.
• Experience of supervising qualified staff and students
• Significant experience and competence in working with children and young people.
• Significant experience and competence in working in a community setting with people experiencing mental ill health

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.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum pro rata