Occupational Therapy Assistant
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Chorley, PR7 1PPView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£28,392 to £31,157
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
22 October 2026
3 days leftJob description
Imagine working in a multi-disciplinary team whose shared vision is optimising independence. Are you a person who enjoys working with people and is an...
The occupational therapy team consists of qualified occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants and health and wellbeing workers all of who focus on enabling patients to achieve optimum independence as part of recovering their ordinary lives. The senior staff offer regular clinical, professional and line management supervision as well as opportunities to attend internal and external training. The successful candidate will be working with a friendly team in a brand new clinical environment and have access to good facilities and support from managers.
If you feel you have a genuine caring nature, enjoy challenges and are enthusiastic about providing the best possible service for people to live satisfying, independent lives we would be very keen to meet you.
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.
The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE/level 5 or above in English and Maths or equivalent.
- Qualification in health or care
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Ability to undertake PAS training
Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate understanding of Occupational Therapy
- Ability to demonstrate understanding of the client group with which the post holder will work e.g. Mental health difficulties
- Ability to demonstrate understanding of the importance of being able to do the things, they want or need to do to people's mental well being
- Ability to demonstrate the understanding of the concepts of recovery
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience of working in a support worker role with people who experience mental health difficulties with an understanding of the roles of other professions within the multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of working with people with a broad range of Mental Health conditions and people who have cognitive, physical, learning disability or challenging behaviour.
- Previous experience working in therapy/care settings e.g. inpatient settings or social services agency/department
- Experience of working without direct supervision, including monitoring and reviewing the person's progress
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
9 October 2026
Last checked
9 October 2026
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