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Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
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Our mission:
To improve the quality of life for people in Cheshire and Wirral by providing specialist health and social care services and support to individuals, families and communities affected by mental illness or learning disabilities.
Occupational Therapist
Accepting applications until: 29-Oct-2026 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 29-Oct-2026 23:59
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Delamere Resource Centre
- Cyfeiriad
- 45 Delamere Street
- Tref
- Crewe
- Cod post
- CW12ER
- Major / Minor Region
- Cheshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent: The post holder will be required to cover all CMHTs within the locality
- Oriau
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Flexible working patterns considered)
Salary
- Cyflog
- £32,073 - £39,043 per annum
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (Band 5)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Occupational Therapy
Trosolwg o'r swydd
Are you an enthusiastic and passionate Occupational Therapist looking for a role where you can learn and develop every day? Do you want to take on professional challenges with the support of a highly skilled team in Crewe? If so, this is an excellent opportunity to grow your career.
Working within our Community Mental Health Team, you will manage a caseload with autonomy while receiving support from senior staff and peers. As we implement a new Community Occupational Need Pathway, you will help shape future service delivery and improve patient outcomes. While your main focus will be working-age adults, you will also gain experience across adult and older adult services.
You will deliver evidence-based Occupational Therapy interventions, work with colleagues across health and social care integrated hubs, and promote the value of Occupational Therapy within multidisciplinary teams and community networks.
We are looking for someone with enthusiasm for community mental health practice, a strong professional identity, excellent clinical reasoning, communication and time-management skills, and a commitment to collaboration and sharing best practice.
In return, we offer regular supervision, peer support and preceptorship for newly qualified clinicians, professional and personal development opportunities, and access to a wider Occupational Therapy network across Cheshire and Wirral for shared learning and mentorship.
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The post holder will have a key role in providing Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions to adult mental health service users, as part of an integrated multidisciplinary team. This is a dynamic and rewarding role in directly influencing positive recovery and outcomes for service users.
You will be an enthusiastic, adaptable and highly motivated Occupational Therapist with a keen interest in mental health. You will be able to take on the challenges of managing a caseload and facilitating the Occupational Therapy pathway, completing timely individual assessment and interventions to support service users during their journey with the CMHT.
You will also be contributing to planning and facilitating the therapeutic group program as part of the team.
You will be committed to the 6Cs and person-centred care.
Support is provided from Senior Occupational Therapy staff in the CMHT, and our wider Occupational therapist working in other community teams. Our Therapy service is always growing and developing.
We encourage commitment to clinical supervision, Continuing Professional Development and Practice Placement Education. The work pattern is Monday-Friday day, 09.00- 17.00, excluding Bank Holidays.
This is an ideal career development opportunity for a new graduate Occupational Therapist, or practitioners looking to develop expertise within mental health and a community setting.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.
We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.
Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.
As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.
All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.
Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
Please download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.
At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.
CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.
An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: [email protected] or by calling 01244 393100.
If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’
Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.
The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £15 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Diploma/BSc in Occupational Therapy
- State Registration with Health and Care Professions Council
Meini prawf dymunol
- Membership of professional body
Knowledge and Expertise
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Some knowledge of current best practice in OT
- Knowledge of assessment tools and outcome measures
- Ability to work autonomously with individuals and groups
- Skills in handling and moving
- Ability to support Occupational Therapy students and support staff
- Understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice
- Understanding of team dynamics
- Basic knowledge of health legislation and current practice, including CPA and risk assessment and management
- Effective written and oral communication skills
- Computer literacy
- Basic knowledge of the principles of clinical governance
Meini prawf dymunol
- Training and presentation skills
- Has practically applied evidence based practice
- Evidence of research and clinical audit skills
Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Application of the occupational therapy process
- Use of functional assessment and activity analysis
- Documented evidence of continuing Professional Development
- Experience working in mental health or supporting vulnerable adults
Trust Values
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C’s: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Berniece Cross
- Teitl y swydd
- Operational Team Manager
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 01270 655200
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
If you consider yourself Neurodivergent and need help to complete your application form, please contact [email protected] or telephone 01244 393100
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