Specialist Mental Health Practitioner and Occupational Therapist

Specialist Mental Health Practitioner and Occupational Therapist

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Location: Exeter, EX2 4NU, Dartington, TQ9 6JE, Torquay, TQ2 7BA & Barnstaple, EX31 3UD

Salary: £46,148.00 to £52,809.00

Date posted: 24th February 2025

Closing date: 9th March 2025

Our professional responsibility is to reduce the risk of infection to others as far as possible. Getting vaccinated against diseases that can be passed person-to-person in healthcare settings is part of this responsibility. The Trust will provide advice, guidance and support on vaccinations and access to vaccinations where requested.

We are excited to be advertising for a Specialist Mental Health Practitioner and Occupational Therapist to join our Eating Disorder Pathway. Working alongside colleagues in a multi-disciplinary team, you will be supported to bring your skills, experience and enthusiasm to this role. You will work directly with young people and their families offering assessment and interventions and work closely with other professionals to provide supervision and consultation.

The work will involve substantial liaison with our colleagues in the wider mental health service and paediatric teams in our local hospitals. We would be really interested to hear from people with a range of backgrounds and experience. We want to build a service that recognises the multi-faceted nature of the problems that drive eating disorders and celebrates the richness that different professional perspectives can bring.

You will be working as part of a county wide team that provides assessment, treatment and intervention to children, young people and families who present to our service with a variety of challenges related to restricted eating. We are a service going through a process of development and growth. You will need a sense of humour, the ability to work with others and a capacity to offer energy, ideas and leadership. On the wish list is experience in mental health, eating disorders and working in a multi-disciplinary team to help people change.

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon. CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health which are provided by Torbay and South Devon Foundation Trust and Devon Partnership Trust.

The post holder will demonstrate courageous and critical thinking and is a caring, compassionate and committed experienced person who, acting within their professional boundaries, will be responsible for the provision of care to the child/young person and their parents/carers. They will demonstrate safe, competent clinical decision-making and expert care, including assessment, formulation, treatment and evaluation of care in line with NICE guidance.

Experience

• Experience of working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers, including using goal-based care and routine outcome measures in practice.
• Experience of working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team and across agencies.
• Experience of undertaking specialist mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions for in the area of children's mental health, with the ability to work with complex needs and undertake risk assessments.

Skills

• Ability to travel across Devon.

Qualifications

• Professional knowledge acquired through degree supplemented by specialist training or equivalent experience to Masters level with an Occupational Therapy qualification to degree level or equivalent.
• Training in an evidence-based therapeutic approach.
• Active registration with the HCPC as a registered Occupational Therapist.
• Training in supervision and/or leadership skills or willing to work towards.
• Evidence of Continuous Professional Development.

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Employer name: Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Address: Evergreen, Victoria Park Road, Exeter, EX2 4NU
Employer's website: https://www.dpt.nhs.uk/

Operations Manager: Lucy Jay

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