Band 6 Mental Health Occupational Therapist

Posted 24 April 2019
Salary £23 - £25 per hour
Discipline Occupational Therapy Jobs
ReferenceOTEH98090_1556099042
Contact NameTherapy Team

Job description

Maxxima is looking for an experienced* Band 6 Occupational Therapist for a full-time locum role with our Client in Barnet, North London.
We are looking for someone to begin ASAP for an initial three month contract, with extension possible depending on recruitment. The starting pay rate for this role is £23-£25 per hour (gross). The role will involve:

1. To work in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team, to assess and treat people with mental health support needs, enabling clients towards social inclusion, independence and recovery using strength based, enablement focused model of intervention.
2. The Occupational Therapy (OT) role will undertake generic initial assessment; provide OT specialist guidance to the team and to the delivery of enablement group programme.
3. To facilitate groups and/or individual one to one sessions, where appropriate to the client's needs.
4. To be responsible for an appropriate caseload of complex clients
5. To develop and maintain links within our service, relevant to statutory and non-statutory
agencies throughout Barnet
6. To support practice education when required


Maxxima benefits:

*Dedicated and experienced consultants
*Excellent and highly competitive rates of pay
*Exclusive opportunities you won't find anywhere else
*Dedicated payroll consultant to ensure prompt payment
*Guidance and advice on CV and interview techniques
*Practical assistance with professional body registration
*A choice of PAYE, umbrella or LTD company payments
*Practical assistance with relocation, accommodation and DBS/CRB checks
*The security of working with a CCS supplier, established since 2001
Apply via clicking the button or contact us for more information about the role.

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 by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

Recommend a colleague:

Often, our candidates are so pleased with our service that they recommend us to their friends and colleagues. To encourage this and say thank you, we offer a referral bonus incentive.

The way it works is simple: if you introduce a candidate who is not previously known to Maxxima and we are successful in placing them, we will pay you up to £1,500. More information regarding referrals can be found on our website.

*The post qualification experience range stated is purely a guide. We will consider candidates that fall outside of this range if they can strongly demonstrate the required competencies.