*MPFT Apps Only* Advanced MH Occupational Therapist - ILS

You would be working within the Integrated Mental Health Team (IMHT) and the Intensive Life Skills (ILS) Pathway to provide assessment and intervention for adults 17+ that have neurodevelopment conditions and that have complex emotional needs as part of the Adult Mental Health Service. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide evidence based interventions. You will support the service as either a highly skilled Registered Occupational Therapist working within highly psychologically minded, enthusiastic, dedicated and supportive teams to support service-users who present with high levels of emotional distress and often have histories of complex trauma, neurodiversity and/or adverse experiences.

The services use therapeutic models including Structured Clinical Management (SCM), attachment theory, behavioural theory, Compassion‑Focused Therapy, EMDR, Trauma‑Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Mentalisation‑Based Treatment. You will use the skills that you have to provide personalised care and treatment plans to ensure individuals' sensory integration and processing needs are being met within a multi-disciplinary team. As a Mental Health Community Practitioner you will be expected to undertake holistic comprehensive assessments and formulation of complex clinical presentations, including risk assessments and risk management.

• Providing Clinical Leadership for Occupational Therapists (OT) via training, consultation by contributing to the development of the service for service users with complex emotional needs.
• Providing clinical and caseload supervision, advice and guidance from an OT perspective working flexibly across the system and in partnership with other agencies.
• Contribute to the coordination of Multidisciplinary Teams caseload to reduce and where possible improve outcomes for those with complex emotional needs and co‑existing neurodevelopmental conditions, and be responsible for clinical and caseload supervision of other team members where identified.
• The post holder will be responsible for specialist occupational therapy assessment and intervention coordination, in accordance with an agreed MDT care plan, for adults with identified sensory integration and processing differences, their families and carers through specialised coordination of occupational therapy assessment and interventions.

We actively support and encourage our employees to undertake subsequent training aiding their personal development. You will need to travel independently over a large geographical area and will require suitable transport.