Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and over 300 reviews is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Senior Mental Health Occupational Therapist to work in Leatherhead, Surrey on a full-time basis (36 hours per week).
The salary for this permanent Senior Mental Health Occupational Therapist job is £41,127.00 - £45,519.00 per annum.
Main Duties:
- Undertake moving and handling risk assessments, major adaptations assessments and more specialist cognitive/mental health assessments
- Assess and manage the impact of people's physical and mental health conditions on their occupational performance
- You will put into practice the legislation underpinning, and your professional experience of, mental capacity assessments and best interest decisions, specialist mental health assessments, moving and handling risk assessments and intervention, equipment provision, major adaptations and rehabilitation with the aim of supporting and empowering people to live meaningful lives within the community
- Undertake safeguarding work for those under your care
- Lead frontline holistic assessments of occupational therapy needs and planning support across a dedicated caseload of adults with both mental and physical health needs within a mental health social care setting
Requirements of the Senior Mental Health Occupational Therapist:
- Substantial post qualification experience of working within a social care and/or mental health setting, including routine experience of complex casework and risk assessment
- Knowledge of social care and mental health policy and legislation is essential, as is a background in working directly with people with variable, unstable or challenging social care and mental health needs
- Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle, with the flexibility to work across the County of Surrey
- Degree or equivalent in Occupational Therapy
- Recent NHS experience within occupational therapy
Contact:
This Senior Mental Health Occupational Therapist job is advertised by Amy Ryan; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
