LD Employment Occupational Therapist | North London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 15 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,763 - £43,466 Per annum including HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 October 2025 |
| Location: | Enfield, EN3 5BN |
| Company: | Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7480871/455-NLFT-0392-A |
Summary
The Integrated Learning Disabilities Service (ILDS) provides health and social care to adults with learning disabilities living in Enfield. The service consists of health and social care staff which include social work, community nursing, speech and language therapists, arts therapists, psychology, psychiatry, occupational therapy and specialists’ teams including the Equals employment team.
As an Occupational Therapist in Equals – ‘employment for all’ is the goal. Using personalised interventions, employer relationships and partnerships, to support those with learning difficulties and long-term conditions (pan-disability). The essential role of a band 5 OT within Equals is to work across both LD and non-LD caseloads to achieve the role of paid employment/ volunteering for the service users in NEET (Not in education, employment, or training).
The role aims to bridge the gap and empower equal opportunities for employment for those vulnerable individuals with learning disabilities. As a core principle in OT is ‘Equality’ this is our ethos in the Equals part of ILDS of Enfield.
The Post Holder will be responsible for working with the ILDS Employment team to assess, job coach and attain valued worker roles for Adults with Learning Disabilities (and pan disability – funding dependant) living in Enfield. We aim for paid employment and once in the job will work with the service user and employer to keep the job, reviewing regularly and supporting with in work requirements (appraisals, disciplinaries, job changes).
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
Why NLFT?
• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
• Excellent internal staff network
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
The post holder is expected to establish and maintain positive interpersonal relationships with other staff members characterised by trust, mutual respect, and open, honest communication.
Colleagues and Co-workers, Senior Managers, Physiotherapy, Speech therapy, Occupational Therapy, Assessment & Care Management Team, Psychology,
Community nursing team, Art Therapy, Day Services, Safeguarding Team, broader local authority teams
Job centre plus, Generic businesses, OT Colleges & training providers, Schools, Colleges, Vibrance, Voluntary organisations, ACAS, BASE UK, NDTi, Other NHS Organisations, Local Authority Language shop, Safe and connected Assistive Technology), MARAC, Employers, Enfield SEND schools and colleges
This advert closes on Monday 22 Sep 2025