Job summary
- Main area
- Children & Adolescent Services
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 222-LS-CAMHS-841
- Employer
- West London NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ealing CAMHS
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £55,524 - £62,652 per annum inclusive HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/10/2026 17:00
Employer heading
Specialist CAMHS Occupational Therapist
Band 7
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services; and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.
Job overview
The CAMH Occupational Therapist will work within the intensive treatment community pathway. This is an exciting new development within the team to support young people to remain in the community or to provide consistent support on paediatric wards to support discharge. This role will provide outreach into the young person’s home and to local wards to provide specialist therapeutic support.
See recent news piece on the service and the work that they do:
Sky News cameras visit CAMHS.mp4 on Vimeo
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide a comprehensive Occupational Therapy assessment, utilising standardised and non-standardised assessment and interpret a range of complex clinical findings to develop appropriate, treatment plans, intervention and evaluation of the occupational therapy programme that includes risk assessment. Where indicated the post holder will work individually with young people. The post holder will be expected to utilise their OT experience to provide holistic care.
The post holder will analyse, grade and adapt individual and group activities to meet the occupational performance, environmental and vocational needs of the young person.
The post holder will be responsive to the needs of the young person, within the local setting and use an appropriate range of communication skills to engage service users in the OT process.
The post holder will work independently and on their own initiative, co-ordinating with the Clinical Nurse Specialist, multidisciplinary team and the Consultant Team Lead as appropriate and recognising when to draw on the resources of other disciplines.
The post holder will have regular contact with the wider AHP community within CAMHS and stay up to date on relevant training. They will contribute to the development of the growing AHP community within CAMHS. When needed, the post holder will provide supervision to other OTs and/or students.
Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • BSc Occupational Therapy (or equivalent).
- • Training in working with people who are experiencing mental ill health.
- • Current Registration with Health and Care Professions Council.
Desirable criteria
- • Post registration training in CAMHS
- • Evidence of accredited courses in child and adolescent mental health practice
- • Experience of working with eating disorders
- • Leadership training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstratable post registration experience in mental health
- Advanced knowledge and skills in OT assessment and intervention within a mental health setting.
- Experience of working in a number of clinical settings.
- Experience of interagency and multidisciplinary working
- Experience of assessing risk and contributing to risk management plans.
- Experience of working with children and young people
- Experience of multidisciplinary and multiagency working
- Experience of teaching other professionals
Desirable criteria
- Experience of assessment and working therapeutically with children, young people and their families within a mental health setting
- Experience of audit and/or research
- Experience of contributing to and implementing new service developments
Knwoledge
Essential criteria
- • Evidence of on-going professional development
- • Excellent communication skills
- • The ability to present and communicate complex information
- • Ability to communicate and relate well to children, young people parents and carers
- • Knowledge of relevant legislation
- • Understanding of the dynamics of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team working
- • Understanding of the value of service user involvement and participation in all aspects of care and in the planning and the development of services
- • A good understanding of and ability to uses clinical supervision and reflective practice
- • Awareness and knowledge of factors specifically relating to O.T. within the community and CAMHS
- • Demonstrated application of Risk Assessment and management in clinical practice
Desirable criteria
- • Skills and sensitivity in working with difficult to engage families
- • A thorough understanding of the mental health needs of children and young people
- • An understanding of local and national issues relating to children’s development and mental health
- • Skills and sensitivity in working with difficult to engage children, young people and families
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hayley Samson
- Job title
- Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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