Senior Occupational Therapist Mental Health Services

The Senior Occupational Therapist will be responsible for the provision of a high-quality, person-centred Occupational Therapy service to individuals accessing mental health services, and will undertake duties as assigned by the Occupational Therapist Manager.

The primary purpose of this post is to deliver a recovery-oriented, client-centred Occupational Therapy service to individuals presenting with moderate to severe mental health difficulties. The post holder will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary team members to coordinate, develop, and evaluate services in accordance with identified service user needs and organisational objectives.

Occupational Therapy is a client-centred health profession concerned with promoting health and wellbeing through occupation. The Senior Occupational Therapist will assess, analyse, and address occupational performance difficulties across the domains of self-care, productivity, and leisure, with the aim of enabling service users to achieve their optimal level of functioning within their environments. Interventions will be evidence-based and delivered on both an individual and group basis, as part of a coordinated multidisciplinary approach to care.