Occupational Therapist, Enhanced Rehabilitation Outreach Serviceband 6

Main duties of the job To be responsible for a caseload of complex assessment, treatment and consultation work with children, adolescents and their families, with problems of behavioral, emotional, psychological or mental health issues, providing Core work (as defined by CAPA) and in addition contributing to Specific/Specialist work (as defined by CAPA) as agreed with Community CAMHS Managers and Professional leads.
To contribute to the provision of a specialist systemic psychotherapy service within the quadrant, including being a member of a specialist family therapy team, undertaking particular pieces of work identified as requiring specialist systemic interventions, providing specialist systemic peer supervision to colleagues regarding systemic interventions, and providing occasional CPD to colleagues regarding systemic practice.To operate as a member of the multidisciplinary team providing child and adolescent mental health services for the quadrant, in line with the principles and practice of CYP-IAPT.To work in ways which are sensitive to and appropriate for the needs of families from a wide range of racial, cultural and religious backgrounds.
This includes abilities to understand and offer therapeutic interventions to a variety of family forms including single parents, same sex couples and their families, extended families and people with mental health difficulties.