Occupational Therapist

Are you an experienced Occupational Therapist with strongskills inrecovery-oriented, trauma-informed, and strengths-based practice?

Are you keen to join a team where you can make a real change to both the service and its users?

Our Community Perinatal Mental Health Team provides specialist care for those experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties during the perinatal period. We work closely with a number of both internal and externalsector partners to deliverholistic, integrated care.

This role offers the chance to be part of a compassionate, forward-thinking team in which you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality, recovery-focused and occupation-centred care.

We believe in developing people, and welcome new experience and knowledge to aid team growth.

We are currently undergoing an exciting period of development and transformation, with a strong focus on; improving access, experience and outcomes for service users and families; strengthening multidisciplinary and multi-agency working; embedding culturally sensitive, and occupation-focused practice; developing community-based interventions and pathways.

If you are passionate about this specialist role and youare confident in your ability to learn and develop your skills in this specialist area we want to hear from you.

Applications for this role will be reviewed as they are received. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as vacancies may close early

Undertakespecialist occupational therapy assessmentsin community settings, including service users' homes,clinics and where appropriate online.

Develop and deliver individualised, occupation-based interventionsto support daily functioning, routines, roles, and identity during the perinatal period

Plan andfacilitatetherapeutic groups, where appropriate

Contribute torisk assessment, care planning, safeguarding, and discharge planning

Work collaboratively withperinatal colleagues, extended services,families and carers

Provide supervision and supportto junior staff and students, as required

Actively contribute toservice development, quality improvement, and outcome monitoring

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

The must haves for this role:

Be a qualified Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration

Have post-registration experience, with the ability to work autonomously in community settings

• Holds a full UK driving licence and has access to a vehicle for community work

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We recommitted to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations:
Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in…