• Job Description

  Req#: C9367-26-0114?language=en&page=81&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Due to a member of staff going on maternity leave, we have an exciting opportunity for an innovative and highly motivated Occupational Therapist to work with Individuals who receive support from the Community Learning Disabilities Occupational Therapy team. You will have the chance to work as part of a specialist and dedicated Multi- Disciplinary Team, where you will help to improve the lives and wellbeing of individuals with a Learning Disability.

  You will use your core OT knowledge to promote participation and independence in Activities of Daily living.

  The Essex Specialist Learning Disabilities Service is committed to improving the health and well-being of people with a learning disability across North-East, Mid & West Essex, by working in a simple, person-centred way that empowers individuals to maximise their potential.

  We are a supportive and forward-thinking team, with great peer networks. We actively promote learning and professional development with opportunities in both clinical and leadership fields of work.

  We invite and welcome further discussions from anyone keen to apply.

  Main duties of the job

  • To provide high quality, comprehensive Occupational Therapy assessment and intervention for people with Learning Disabilities with complex needs.
  • To work in an interdisciplinary way to assess service user's needs, devise care plans and evaluate outcomes and to carry a caseload as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Provide clinical advice and support for service users that present with behaviour that challenges and require support with their mental health.
  • Work directly with service users, carers, colleagues and other service providers.
  • Deliver training and education to other professionals/carers/family.

  About us

  Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

  Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

  The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

  Our Trust values are:

  Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

  These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

  Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?

  Then please read on...

  Details

  Date posted

  13 February 2026

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 6

  Salary

  £38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum pro rata

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  9 months

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  367-LD&F-10061

  Job locations

  Spinks Lane Therapy Centre, Spinks Lane, Witham, CM7 6EP

  Spinks Lane

  Witham

  CM7 6EP

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  To provide a high quality Occupational Therapy Service and consultation to people within the Essex Specialist Learning Disability Services.

  To manage a caseload, using evidence based/client principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in community settings.

  To provide specialist Occupational Therapy advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to a clients formulation, diagnosis and case management plan.

  To plan and implement individual interventions using selected and graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.

  To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.

  To ensure that clients are consulted and involved in decisions about their care.

  To maintain clinical records.

  To develop skills and knowledge.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  To provide a high quality Occupational Therapy Service and consultation to people within the Essex Specialist Learning Disability Services.

  To manage a caseload, using evidence based/client principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in community settings.

  To provide specialist Occupational Therapy advice, guidance and consultation to other professionals contributing directly to a clients formulation, diagnosis and case management plan.

  To plan and implement individual interventions using selected and graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.

  To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.

  To ensure that clients are consulted and involved in decisions about their care.

  To maintain clinical records.

  To develop skills and knowledge.

  Person Specification

  QUALIFICATIONS EDUCATION TRAINING

  Essential

  • BSc/MSc/PG Dip Occupational Therapy
  • HCPC registration
  • Proficient use of Microsoft Office and associated packages.
  • Evidence of relevant post grad training.

  Desirable

  • Membership of RCOT
  • SI training
  • Broad base of clinical experience
  • Practice Placement qualification accreditation

  PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

  Essential

  • Post registration experience in relevant clinical setting
  • Applied experience of providing individual interventions.
  • Specialist knowledge and experience of using the Model of Human Occupation assessment tools, or others appropriate to area.
  • Experience of other specialist Occupational Therapy assessment tools
  • Documented evidence of continuing professional development
  • Experience in providing advice, support and clinical supervision to junior staff and/or students

  Desirable

  • Experience of working with people with mental health problems and/or learning disability in a variety of health and social care settings
  • Previous experience of having worked at Band 6 level

  COMMUNICATION SKILLS

  Essential

  • Strong communication skills, written and verbal and the ability to persuade and negotiate with peers and senior colleagues
  • Proven track record of working within a multidisciplinary team and an understanding of team dynamics
  • Knowledge and application of key policy, health legislation and guidelines which impact on OT and mental health/LD practice.
  • Ability to provide and receive sensitive and difficult information regarding service users' care and social situations
  • Knowledge of and effective use of appropriate professional relationships and boundaries
  • High level of ability to grade and adapt practical skills

  ANALYTICAL SKILLS

  Essential

  • Ability to apply broad knowledge of current best practice in OT and mental health
  • A high level of problem solving/clinical judgement skills and the ability to analyse professional and ethical issues
  • Ability to respond and adjust appropriately to the changing needs of service users
  • Highly developed Observational skills
  • Highly developed case formulation skills to guide own OT intervention plan and those of others
  • Specialist knowledge and experience of using the Model of Human Occupation Assessment tools and or equivalent in area

  Person Specification

  QUALIFICATIONS EDUCATION TRAINING

  Essential

  • BSc/MSc/PG Dip Occupational Therapy
  • HCPC registration
  • Proficient use of Microsoft Office and associated packages.
  • Evidence of relevant post grad training.

  Desirable

  • Membership of RCOT
  • SI training
  • Broad base of clinical experience
  • Practice Placement qualification accreditation

  PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

  Essential

  • Post registration experience in relevant clinical setting
  • Applied experience of providing individual interventions.
  • Specialist knowledge and experience of using the Model of Human Occupation assessment tools, or others appropriate to area.
  • Experience of other specialist Occupational Therapy assessment tools
  • Documented evidence of continuing professional development
  • Experience in providing advice, support and clinical supervision to junior staff and/or students

  Desirable

  • Experience of working with people with mental health problems and/or learning disability in a variety of health and social care settings
  • Previous experience of having worked at Band 6 level

  COMMUNICATION SKILLS

  Essential

  • Strong communication skills, written and verbal and the ability to persuade and negotiate with peers and senior colleagues
  • Proven track record of working within a multidisciplinary team and an understanding of team dynamics
  • Knowledge and application of key policy, health legislation and guidelines which impact on OT and mental health/LD practice.
  • Ability to provide and receive sensitive and difficult information regarding service users' care and social situations
  • Knowledge of and effective use of appropriate professional relationships and boundaries
  • High level of ability to grade and adapt practical skills

  ANALYTICAL SKILLS

  Essential

  • Ability to apply broad knowledge of current best practice in OT and mental health
  • A high level of problem solving/clinical judgement skills and the ability to analyse professional and ethical issues
  • Ability to respond and adjust appropriately to the changing needs of service users
  • Highly developed Observational skills
  • Highly developed case formulation skills to guide own OT intervention plan and those of others
  • Specialist knowledge and experience of using the Model of Human Occupation Assessment tools and or equivalent in area

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  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.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Spinks Lane Therapy Centre, Spinks Lane, Witham, CM7 6EP

  Spinks Lane

  Witham

  CM7 6EP

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Spinks Lane Therapy Centre, Spinks Lane, Witham, CM7 6EP

  Spinks Lane

  Witham

  CM7 6EP

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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