Advanced Specialist Occupational Therapist | Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

Posting date:	09 June 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£37,338 - £52,809 Per annum
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	09 July 2025
Location:	Chester, CH2 1BQ
Company:	Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7266086/373-CYP1386-BRR

Summary

**We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000** if you need to relocate in order to take up employment with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership. Terms and conditions apply please see attached document. If this applies to you, please state this on your application so we can discuss this with you if you are invited to interview.

The post is available for Band 6 – Band 7 progression dependent upon experience.

Ancora House comprises of 26 beds across 2 wards, Indigo and Coral. Within the Tier 4 CAMHS service there is also a specialist Eating Disorder Service (CHEDS) and Ancora CARE.

This role requires being professionally responsible for developing the Occupational Therapy provision to the Tier 4 CAMHS service (Cheshire and Merseyside) and ensuring it is needs led, evidence based and in line with current legislation, values and service principles.

To work using a high level of specialist expertise within the multidisciplinary teams across Tier 4 CAMHS, managing a defined caseload of service users with complex mental health and learning disability needs, providing core occupational therapy interventions that enable individuals to work towards a valued lifestyle and aim for optimum level of functional ability, including specialist training and advise to other team members and partner agencies.

To be professionally responsible for developing and leading the Occupational Therapy provision to Tier 4 CAMHS service. Supervision of other staff, with respect to Occupational Therapy input.



To undertake occupational therapy assessments for a specified caseload of service users addressing occupational performance, strengths and skills deficits, enabling the service user in areas of self-care, productivity and leisure. To assess and manage risk and monitor the mental and physical health status of service user.

To collaboratively identify the goals of occupational therapy intervention with the service user as part of the overall care plan. To apply a high level of understanding of the effect of disability and provide training and advice on lifestyle changes to client’s physical, sensory and social environment. To plan and implement complex individual and/or group evidence-based interventions / programmes of care, in collaboration with the service user, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals. These interventions may take place in a variety of settings, including hospital, community and patients home.

To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment for clients with complex needs in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of the intervention. To assess and actively manage individual, activity and environmental risk to ensure the safety of the service user, self and the wider public whilst recognising the right of the service user to take positive risks in promoting their recovery.



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 and Liverpool. We also provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.

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.

We also offer up to three weeks’ induction, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you hit the ground running with CWP.

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.

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: cwp.recruitment@nhs.net 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 £16 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!


This advert closes on Monday 23 Jun 2025

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